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Optical Fiber Communication Conference

Efficient Quadrature Squeezing of QPSK Signals by Sideband-Assisted Dual-pump Phase Sensitive Amplifier

Mingyi Gao, Takayuki Kurosu, Takashi Inoue, Shu Namiki

Published Jan 1, 2013• 7 citations
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Abstract

Sideband-enhanced parametric de-amplification enables efficient and various squeezing of QPSK signals. Phase sensitivity of approximately 25 dB is achieved at a nonlinear phase shift of only 0.8 rad for the wavelengths from 1545nm to 1565nm.
DOI
10.1364/ofc.2013.ow3c.1

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