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IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series

Phase-sensitive amplification in optical fiber

Michael Vasilyev

Published Jan 1, 2008• 9 citations
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Abstract

We describe the advantages of phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers based on frequency-nondegenerate four-wave mixing in optical fiber and discuss the recent progress in this field.
DOI
10.1109/leoswt.2008.4444389

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