Homodyne operation of a phase-only optical amplifier

We utilise cascaded four wave mixing to multiply the modulation depth of a phase-only optical signal and generate a comb of phase locked local oscillators allowing homodyne retrieval of the phase information with enhanced fidelity.

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Published in2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Kakande, Joseph, Parmigiani, Francesca, Slavik, Radan, Petropoulos, Periklis, Richardson, David J.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published OSA 01.09.2012
Subjects
Harmonic analysis
Optical amplifiers
Optical attenuators
Optical distortion
Optical interferometry
Optical mixing
Optical pumping
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Summary:We utilise cascaded four wave mixing to multiply the modulation depth of a phase-only optical signal and generate a comb of phase locked local oscillators allowing homodyne retrieval of the phase information with enhanced fidelity.
ISSN:1550-381X
DOI:10.1364/ECEOC.2012.Th.1.F.3