Universal optical amplification without a nonlinearity

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SABUNCU M. H., Josse V., Cerf N., Leuchs G., Andersen U. L.

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2006, Long Beach, CA, United States Of America, 21 May 2006, (Full Text)

• Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
• City: Long Beach, CA
• Country: United States Of America
• Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We propose and realize a novel universal phase insensitive optical amplifier operating at the quantum limit in the low gain regime. The amplifier consists only of linear optics and detectors thus circumventing a nonlinear interaction. © 2006 Optical Society of America.