Pump-to-signal transfer of low-frequency intensity modulation in fiber optical parametric amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1049-1055

  Marhic, Michel E ^a   Kalogerakis, Georgios ^a   Wong, Kenneth Kin Yip ^a   Kazovsky, Leonid G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing (FWM); Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Parametric amplification; Relative intensity noise (RIN)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; INTENSITY MODULATION; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE (RIN);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 18144365873     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.840005     Document Type: Article

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