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Temporal phase manipulation by phase-sensitive parametric amplification

Jovanović

Conference on Lasers and Electro-OpticsJan 1, 20100 citations

Phase-sensitive parametric image amplification: application to noiseless image amplification

Fabrice Deveaux, Éric Lantz

We report semi-classical numeric simulations of the quantum spatial fluctuations in parametric amplification of images limited by the shot noise. Noiseless amplification of images is demonstrated by the use of a degenerate type 2 phase sensitive amplifier.

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIEMar 2, 20010 citations

Numerical studies of multimodal phase-sensitive parametric amplification

Igor Jovanovic, D. French, Joshua C. Walter +1 more

In the presence of a nonzero idler beam or, equivalently, in the collinear degenerate configuration, optical parametric amplification (OPA) can be phase sensitive. When the photon deamplification mode is selected in the OPA process, amplification of the optical phase occurs instead of the usual amplification of photon number. We demonstrate for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that the operation of a spatially multimodal optical parametric amplifier in the phase-sensitive mode can result in a significant redistribution of spatial frequencies and near-ideal beam angle amplification. A numerical model is presented for phase-sensitive parametric amplification via three-wave mixing. The model is applied to monochromatic beams and finite beam apertures. The sensitivity of gain to the incident phase, noncollinear angle, and aperture size is studied in particular. Simple conditions are derived for the operation of the optical parametric amplifier in the phase-sensitive mode. Potential applications of the concept are discussed.In the presence of a nonzero idler beam or, equivalently, in the collinear degenerate configuration, optical parametric amplification (OPA) can be phase sensitive. When the photon deamplification mode is selected in the OPA process, amplification of the optical phase occurs instead of the usual amplification of photon number. We demonstrate for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, that the operation of a spatially multimodal optical parametric amplifier in the phase-sensitive mode can result in a significant redistribution of spatial frequencies and near-ideal beam angle amplification. A numerical model is presented for phase-sensitive parametric amplification via three-wave mixing. The model is applied to monochromatic beams and finite beam apertures. The sensitivity of gain to the incident phase, noncollinear angle, and aperture size is studied in particular. Simple conditions are derived for the operation of the optical parametric amplifier in the phase-sensitive mode. Potential applications of the concept are discussed.

Journal of the Optical Society of America BMay 5, 200911 citations

Phase-Encoded Signal Regeneration Exploiting Phase Sensitive Amplification

David John Richardson, Radan Slavı́k, Joseph Kakande +4 more

We discuss recent advances in phase-sensitive amplification technology and review its application to the regeneration of multi-level phase-encoded signals.

European Conference on Optical CommunicationJan 1, 20113 citations

Parametric amplification and frequency conversion with time-dependent pump-amplitude and phase

Sergey V. Prants

Optics CommunicationsSep 1, 19902 citations

Optical filtering enabled by cascaded parametric amplification

Colin J. McKinstrie, James M. Dailey, Anjali Agarwal +1 more

A cascaded parametric amplifier consists of a first parametric amplifier, which amplifies an input signal and generates an idler, which is a copy of the signal, a signal processor, which controls the phases of the signal and idler, and a second parametric amplifier, which combines the signal and idler in a phase-sensitive manner. In this paper, cascaded parametric amplification is modeled and the conditions required to maximize the constructive-destructive extinction ratio are determined. The results show that a cascaded parametric amplifier can be operated as a filter: A desired signal-idler pair is amplified, whereas undesired signal-idler pairs are deamplified. For the desired signal and idler, the noise figures of the filtering process (input signal-to-noise ratio divided by the output ratios) are only slightly higher than those of the copying process: Signal-processing functionality can be achieved with only a minor degradation in signal quality.A cascaded parametric amplifier consists of a first parametric amplifier, which amplifies an input signal and generates an idler, which is a copy of the signal, a signal processor, which controls the phases of the signal and idler, and a second parametric amplifier, which combines the signal and idler in a phase-sensitive manner. In this paper, cascaded parametric amplification is modeled and the conditions required to maximize the constructive-destructive extinction ratio are determined. The results show that a cascaded parametric amplifier can be operated as a filter: A desired signal-idler pair is amplified, whereas undesired signal-idler pairs are deamplified. For the desired signal and idler, the noise figures of the filtering process (input signal-to-noise ratio divided by the output ratios) are only slightly higher than those of the copying process: Signal-processing functionality can be achieved with only a minor degradation in signal quality.

Optics ExpressJun 15, 20165 citations

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