Measurement of quantum-noise correlations in parametric image amplification
M. Marable, Sang Kyung Choi, Prem Kumar
We demonstrate quantum-noise correlations between the spatial frequencies of a parametrically amplified signal image and the generated conjugate (idler) image. Test images were amplified by an optical parametric amplifier that can be operated either as a low-pass or a band-pass amplifier for spatial frequencies. Direct difference detection of the signal and idler spatial frequencies at +- 16 mm{;{-1}} resulted in noise that fell below the shot-noise level by approx. 5 dB. Parametric-gain and phase-mismatch dependence of the observed quantum-noise reduction is in good agreement with the theory of a spatially-broadband optical parametric amplifier.
Optics Express•Feb 2, 1998•21 citations