Gain characteristics of a frequency nondegenerate phase-sensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifier with phase self-stabilized input

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10483-10493

  Hang, Renyong ^a   Lasri, Jacob ^a   Devgan, Preetpaul S ^a   Grigoryan, Vladimir ^a   Kumar, Prem ^a   Vasilyev, Michael ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE SHIFT; SYSTEM STABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

GAIN CHARACTERISTICS; PHASE SENSITIVE AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMISSION LINKS;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 29244450446     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010483     Document Type: Article

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