Detailed characterization of a fiber-optic parametric amplifier in phase-sensitive and phase-insensitive operation

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4130-4137

  Kakande, Joseph ^a   Lundström, Carl ^b   Andrekson, Peter A ^b   Tong, Zhi ^b   Karlsson, Magnus ^b   Petropoulos, Periklis ^a   Parmigiani, Francesca ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER OPTICS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER-OPTIC PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; GAIN SPECTRA; IN-PHASE; MAXIMUM PHASE; PHASE-SENSITIVE; POWER RATIO; PRECISE CONTROL; PUMP POWER; RELATIVE PHASE; SATURATION PROPERTIES;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77749248897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.004130     Document Type: Article

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