Quantum noise properties of parametric processes

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4986-5012

  McKinstrie, C J ^a   Yu, M ^b   Raymer, M G ^c   Radic, S ^d  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b Symbol Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS AND OSCILLATORS; FLUCTUATIONS; PARAMETRIC PROCESSES; RELAXATIONS AND NOISE;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 22744450091     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.004986     Document Type: Article

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