Title :
Experimental characterization of the phase squeezing properties of a phase-sensitive parametric amplifier in non-degenerate idler configuration
Author :
Lundström, Carl ; Puttnam, Benjamin J. ; Tong, Zhi ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the phase squeezing properties of a phase-sensitive parametric amplifier by measuring the input and output signal phase with a coherent receiver. The reduction in phase variation is found to be proportional to the PSA gain.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; PSA gain; nondegenerate idler configuration; phase squeezing; phase-sensitive parametric amplifier; Gain; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Optimized production technology; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621534
