Modelling, analysis and simulation of an optical squeezer

Squeezed states of light have numerous potential applications ranging from gravitational wave detection, quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography and quantum communication. They are generated using an optical squeezer and possess the desirable property of having less noise in one quadrature than dictated by the quantum noise limit (QNL). In this paper, we model the nonlinear optical process by which squeezed light is generated in a classical framework and analyze its steady-state behavior from a control theoretic perspective. In particular, through computer simulation, we provide a visual perspective of the effect of the steady-state operating point of the optical squeezer on the type of squeezed states of light generated.