Title :
Enhanced photon-pair detection using phase-sensitive pre-amplification
Author :
Dailey, J.M. ; Agarwal, A. ; Toliver, P. ; Peters, N.A.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Commun. Sci., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We describe an experimental demonstration of fiber-based optical phase-sensitive amplification for improved detection of correlated single-photon pairs. A measured coincidence gain of 4.5dB provides 3dB improvement in the detection system signal-to-noise ratio.
Keywords :
nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical fibre amplifiers; photodetectors; quantum optics; two-photon processes; coincidence gain; correlated single-photon pairs; enhanced photon-pair detection; fiber-based optical phase-sensitive amplification; phase-sensitive preamplification; signal-to-noise ratio; Detectors; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Photonics; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
