DocumentCode
1255847
Title
Pump-Noise Transfer Mitigation in Parametric Sampling Gates
Author
Ataie, Vahid ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Wiberg, Andreas O J ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Volume
24
Issue
17
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1469
Lastpage
1471
Abstract
A new technique for pump-noise transfer cancellation in parametric sampling gates is presented. The method relies on simultaneous detections of the pump and the idler after the mixing process. The detected pump fluctuations are used to suppress the idler variations transferred during the parametric mixing process. An 11-dB improvement in idler electrical signal-to-noise ratio is demonstrated experimentally.
Keywords
fluctuations; multiwave mixing; optical noise; optical parametric devices; optical pumping; detected pump fluctuations; idler electrical signal-to-noise ratio; noise figure 11 dB; parametric mixing process; parametric sampling gate; pump-noise transfer cancellation; pump-noise transfer mitigation; Mixers; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Signal to noise ratio; Four-wave mixing (FWM); parametric process; pump-noise transfer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2012.2205672
Filename
6255810
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