• DocumentCode
    2053772
  • Title

    Quantum-limited amplification in a fiber optical parametric amplifier

  • Author

    Kylemark, Per ; Marhic, Michel E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Adv. Telecommun., Swansea Univ., Swansea
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The noise figure of a fiber optical parametric amplifier is measured at 300 and 77 K. Record low-noise, quantum-limited amplification is achieved at the Stokes frequencies.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; Stokes frequencies; fiber optical parametric amplifier; low-noise amplification; quantum-limited amplification; temperature 300 K; temperature 77 K; Frequency measurement; Low-noise amplifiers; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical recording; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729205
  • Filename
    4729205