Sub-Shot Noise Power Source for Microelectronics

Potential applications include microelectronics, sensors, and time/frequency standards.

Low-current, high-impedance microelectronic devices can be affected by electric current shot noise more than they are affected by Nyquist noise, even at room temperature. An approach to implementing a sub-shot noise current source for powering such devices is based on direct conversion of amplitude- squeezed light to photocurrent.