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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628868
