%0 Journal Article %1 doi:10.1080/713821446 %A Loudon, Rodney %A Shepherd, T.J. %D 1984 %J Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics %K amplifier laser maser noise quantum %N 11 %P 1243-1269 %R 10.1080/713821446 %T Properties of the Optical Quantum Amplifier %U /brokenurl# http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713821446 %V 31 %X The properties of a linear optical amplifier or attenuator in which the input light is coupled to a collection of non-saturable atoms are considered. The photon-number factorial moments and probability distribution of the amplifier output are derived for arbitrary input statistics. Relations are obtained between the output and input variances in photon number, phase-angle cosine, and electric-field magnitude. The effects of amplification and attenuation on signal-to-noise ratio are obtained for both direct and homodyne detection. Particular attention is paid to the extents to which the non-classical properties of photon antibunching and squeezing are preserved by amplification and attenuation. It is found that both properties can at best survive only twofold intensity amplification.

@article{doi:10.1080/713821446, abstract = { The properties of a linear optical amplifier or attenuator in which the input light is coupled to a collection of non-saturable atoms are considered. The photon-number factorial moments and probability distribution of the amplifier output are derived for arbitrary input statistics. Relations are obtained between the output and input variances in photon number, phase-angle cosine, and electric-field magnitude. The effects of amplification and attenuation on signal-to-noise ratio are obtained for both direct and homodyne detection. Particular attention is paid to the extents to which the non-classical properties of photon antibunching and squeezing are preserved by amplification and attenuation. It is found that both properties can at best survive only twofold intensity amplification. }, added-at = {2015-10-25T01:00:46.000+0200}, author = {Loudon, Rodney and Shepherd, T.J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c2766ed4512e6fd81d2c49ddf68a71ef/vivisheksudhir}, doi = {10.1080/713821446}, eprint = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713821446}, interhash = {0101c5df43dcc0e8d91f0bcb06e8b519}, intrahash = {c2766ed4512e6fd81d2c49ddf68a71ef}, journal = {Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics}, keywords = {amplifier laser maser noise quantum}, number = 11, pages = {1243-1269}, timestamp = {2015-10-25T01:00:46.000+0200}, title = {Properties of the Optical Quantum Amplifier}, url = {/brokenurl# http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713821446 }, volume = 31, year = 1984 }