Optical Fiber Communication Conference

PPLN based phase sensitive amplifiers and their applications

Masaki Asobe, Takeshi Umeki, Hirokazu Takenouchi

Published Jan 1, 2013• 2 citations

Abstract

We review recent advances on phase sensitive amplifiers based on periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguides. In particular, we discuss their unique low noise amplification, phase squeezing properties, in-line operation, and applications.

DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2013.ow3c.3

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