Lawrence, Michael JohnByer, Robert LFekel, Francis CBowen, Warwick PLam, Ping KoyBachor, Hans2015-12-130740-3224http://hdl.handle.net/1885/92191We determine the theoretical singly resonant second-harmonic generation squeezing performance of several cavity designs and nonlinear materials. We show that, for the doubling of the 1064-nm output of Nd:YAG lasers, monolithic cavities made from periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) will produce the largest amount of squeezing. We also present experimental results for a free-space cavity with a PPLN sample that yielded slightly less than 0.6 dB of measured squeezing. The cavity performance as a function of input power agrees with our theoretical predictions and shows the superior performance of periodically poled materials for the production of bright squeezed light.Keywords: Hamiltonians; Interfaces (materials); Lithium niobate; Second harmonic generation; Monolithic cavities; Neodymium lasers20022015-12-12