Squeezed State Microscopy
02 June 1989
Squeezed light is light in which fluctuations in amplitude, phase or intensity have been reduced below that of coherent light, i.e., that produced by an ideal laser. Such light can be employed to enhance the sensitivity of interferometers and other measuring instruments. Here methods of employing squeezed light to increase the sensitivity of scanning optical microscopes are described. With squeezed light microscopy it may become possible to observe single nerve pulses propagating through neural networks.