Phase and amplitude characteristics of a phase-sensitive amplifier operating in gain saturation

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 21400-21412

  Lundström, Carl ^a   Corcoran, Bill ^a   Karlsson, Magnus ^a   Andrekson, Peter A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

AMPLITUDE CHARACTERISTICS; AMPLITUDE NOISE; GAIN SATURATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPERATING POINTS; PHASE-SENSITIVE AMPLIFIERS; THREE-WAVE MODEL;

OPTICS;

EID: 84866254119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.021400     Document Type: Article

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