Raman-noise-induced quantum limits for χ(3) nondegenerate phase-sensitive amplification and quadrature squeezing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 598-610

  Voss, Paul L ^a,b,c   Köprülü, Kahraman G ^a,d   Kumar, Prem ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA TECH LORRAINE   (France)

^d TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DEGENERATE SQUEEZING THEORY; NONDEGENERATE PHASE-SENSITIVE AMPLIFICATION; NONZERO RESPONSE TIME; QUADRATURE SQUEEZING; RAMAN-NOISE-INDUCED QUANTUM LIMITS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33744813783     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000598     Document Type: Article

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