Signal-to-noise characteristics of nonlinear optical amplifiers

Author

Boyd, Robert W. ; Agarwal, G.S. ; Davis, W.V. ; Gaeta, A.L. ; Kauranen, M. ; Nagasako, E.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

309

Lastpage

310

Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of our theoretical and experimental studies of the noise properties of optical amplifiers that operate by means of nonlinear optical gain processes. We pay particular attention to amplifiers that utilize the nonlinear optical response of strongly driven atomic vapors, and we compare the results of our measurements with theoretical predictions for the quantum noise limit of an optical amplifier. Our work focuses on optical amplifiers that utilize the nonlinear optical response of atomic vapors

Keywords

multiwave mixing; nonlinear optics; optical noise; resonant states; noise properties; nonlinear optical amplifiers; nonlinear optical gain processes; nonlinear optical response; quantum noise limit; signal-to-noise characteristics; strongly driven atomic vapors; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Noise measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Particle measurements; Quantum mechanics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1263-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379036

Filename

379036