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arXiv:1608.04524

Phase Sensitive Amplifier Based on Ultrashort Pump Pulses

A. Gershikov, Gad Eisenstein

Published Aug 16, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate a narrow band phase sensitive amplifier in the pump degenerate configuration which employs ps pump pulses. Control of the amplifier bandwidth is achieved via changes of the pump spectral width. A phase sensitive gain between -6 and 6 decibels, with an overall system gain of 28dB was demonstrated.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1608.04524

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