Imaging through a low-light-level Raman amplifier

Michael D. Duncan; Rita Mahon; Lawrence L. Tankersley; John F. Reintjes

doi:10.1117/12.43571

1 June 1991 Imaging through a low-light-level Raman amplifier

Michael D. Duncan, Rita Mahon, Lawrence L. Tankersley, John F. Reintjes

Proceedings Volume 1409, Nonlinear Optics II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43571
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The noise characteristics and the low-light-level imaging capabilities of a stimulated Raman amplifier have been investigated. Stokes beams carrying spatial structure have been amplified using a collimated pump with a Fresnel number of 17. Both direct imaging of the Stokes signal and Fourier transform imaging of the Stokes signal through the Raman amplifier were used. Evidence of interference between the quantum noise field and the seed-Stokes field is present at the lowest seeding levels.

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Michael D. Duncan, Rita Mahon, Lawrence L. Tankersley, and John F. Reintjes "Imaging through a low-light-level Raman amplifier", Proc. SPIE 1409, Nonlinear Optics II, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.43571

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