Noise characteristics of fiber optical parametric amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 409-416

  Kylemark, Per ^a   Hedekvist, Per Olof ^a   Sunnerud, Henrik ^a   Karlsson, Magnus ^a   Andrekson, Peter A ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE); Noise; Noise figure; Optical parametric amplifier; Quantum noise

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; NOISE FIGURE; PHASE-INSENSITIVE AMPLIFICATION; QUANTUM NOISE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 1942453806     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822152     Document Type: Article

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