Traveling-wave optical parametric amplifier: Investigation of its phase-sensitive and phase-insensitive gain response

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1564-1575

  Choi, Sang Kyung ^a   Li, Ruo Ding ^a,b   Kim, Chonghoon ^a,c   Kumar, Prem ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Uniphase Telecom Products TSD   (United States)

^c Soongsil University   (South Korea)

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EID: 85010105923     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.001564     Document Type: Article

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