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Frontiers in Optics

Multi-Spatial-Mode Noiseless Optical Amplifier

Alberto M. Marino, Neil Corzo, K. M. Jones, Paul D. Lett

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

We implement a noiseless optical amplifier through a phase-sensitive four-wave mixing process in rubidium vapor and show that it does not significantly degrade the signal-to-noise ratio. Preliminary results show its multi-spatial-mode nature.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2011.pdpb3

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