Title :
Cascaded traveling-wave phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Alon, Gideon ; Lim, Oo-Kaw ; Bhagwat, Amar ; Chen, Chao-Hsiang ; Vasilyev, Michael ; Kumar, Prem
Author_Institution :
EECS Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a two-stage system of cascaded traveling-wave phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers, achieving 10dB second-stage amplification (5 dB deamplification) on top of the amplification (deamplification) provided by the first stage.
Keywords :
optical parametric amplifiers; travelling wave amplifiers; cascaded traveling-wave; deamplification; phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers; second-stage amplification; two-stage system; Laser radar; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
