Phase-conjugate pump dithering for high-quality idler generation in a fiber optical parametric amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-35

  Wong, Kenneth K Y ^a   Marhic, Michel E ^a   Kazovsky, Leonid G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Four wave mixing (FWM); Optical amplifiers; Optical frequency conversion; Parametric amplification; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MODULATION; PUMPING (LASER);

FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; IDLER BROADENING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; PHASE CONJUGATE PUMP DITHERING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037245953     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.805869     Document Type: Article

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