Extra-Stable Light Produced by Levitated Nanoparticle - Physics

A trapped nanoparticle interacting with a laser provides a simple way to generate squeezed light, which has an unusually low level of fluctuations.

Micromarble. A 100-nanometer-wide silica nanosphere is levitated by a focused infrared laser beam (not visible). Suppressing the fluctuations inherent in a laser beam leads to light that is suited f… [+5677 chars]

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