Title :
Phase-sensitive amplification produced by degenerate four-wave mixing in a fiber
Author :
McKinstrie, C.J. ; Radic, S. ; Raymer, M.G. ; Vasilyev, M.V.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Degenerate scalar and vector four-wave mixing produce phase-sensitive amplification in a fiber. The quantum-mechanical properties of these schemes are described, and formulas for the field-quadrature and photon-number variances are derived.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical phase conjugation; quantum theory; degenerate scalar four-wave mixing; degenerate vector four-wave mixing; field-quadrature variance; phase conjugation; phase-sensitive amplification; photon-number variance; quantum-mechanical property; wave polarisation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201997
