Noise figure of phase-sensitive parametric amplifier using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with lossy Kerr media and noisy pump

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 799-812

  Imajuku, Wataru ^a   Takada, Atsushi ^a  

^a NTT Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder interferometer; Optical amplifiers; Optical parametric amplifiers; Quantum noise

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0037929464     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.811089     Document Type: Article

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