13–17 Jul 2026
Facultat de Física
Europe/Madrid timezone

A low-noise Transimpedance Amplifier for Balanced Homodyne Detection

14 Jul 2026, 16:35
15m
Aula Magna Enric Casassas (Facultat de Física)

Aula Magna Enric Casassas

Facultat de Física

Martí i Franqués, 1 08028 Barcelona

Speaker

Marco Toffano (INFN Padova)

Description

This poster presents the design of a multi-band, low-noise transimpedance amplifier for balanced homodyne detection in optical squeezing experiments. To facilitate comprehensive real-time system diagnostics, the architecture provides simultaneous readout across four distinct spectral channels: a DC path for local oscillator power monitoring, a high-gain “audio-band” (100 Hz – 100 kHz) sum and difference output for technical noise and vibration analysis, and a radio-frequency difference output (5 MHz – 400 MHz) for quantum state measurement.

Author

Marco Toffano (INFN Padova)

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