• DocumentCode
    2881737
  • Title

    Universal optical amplification without a nonlinearity

  • Author

    Sabuncu, Metin ; Josse, Vincent ; Cerf, Nicolas ; Leuchs, Gerd ; Andersen, Ulrik L.

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. und Photonics (Max Planck Res. Group), Univ. of Erlangen- Nuernberg, Nuremberg
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose and realize a novel universal phase insensitive optical amplifier operating at the quantum limit in the low gain regime. The amplifier consists only of linear optics and detectors thus circumventing a nonlinear interaction.
  • Keywords
    optical parametric amplifiers; quantum optics; linear optics; optical amplification; quantum limit operation; universal phase insensitive optical amplifier; Equations; Feeds; Frequency; Laser noise; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Phase measurement; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; 140.4480; 270.0270;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628868
  • Filename
    4628868