Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Physical Review Letters
Publication Date
Page Number
156802
Volume
110
Issue
15
Abstract
We demonstrate the coherent transduction of quantum noise reduction, or squeezed light, by
Ag localized surface plasmons (LSPs). Squeezed light, generated through four-wave-mixing in Rb
vapor, is coupled to a Ag nanohole array designed to exhibit LSP mediated extraordinary-optical transmission (EOT) spectrally coincident with the squeezed light source at 795 nm. We demonstrate
that quantum noise reduction as a function of transmission is found to match closely with linear attenuation models, thus demonstrating that the photon-LSP-photon transduction process is coherent
near the LSP resonance.
