• DocumentCode
    1647050
  • Title

    Impact of phase-sensitive-amplifier´s mode structure on amplified image quality

  • Author

    Annamalai, Muthiah ; Vasilyev, Michael ; Kumar, Prem

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study phase-sensitive image pre-amplification versus pumping conditions and number of signal modes. We see image improvement by pre-amplification, and high-spatial-frequency enhancement for “higher-order-pump,” “nonzero-wavevector-mismatch” cases.
  • Keywords
    optical images; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; amplified image quality; high-spatial-frequency enhancement; higher-order-pump; mode structure; nonzero-wave vector-mismatch; phase-sensitive image pre-amplification; phase-sensitive-amplifier; pumping conditions; signal modes; Gain; Image quality; Laser radar; Nonlinear optics; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325411