Premium
Parametric Image Amplification in Optical Cavities
Author(s) -
Mancini S.,
Gatti A.,
Lugiato L.A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3978(200005)48:5/7<665::aid-prop665>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - confocal , planar , optics , parametric statistics , image plane , optical parametric amplifier , signal (programming language) , plane (geometry) , ring (chemistry) , physics , image (mathematics) , confocal microscopy , parametric oscillator , computer science , computer vision , mathematics , optical amplifier , chemistry , laser , geometry , statistics , computer graphics (images) , organic chemistry , programming language
We show the possibility of noiseless amplification of an optical image in cavities containing a parametric oscillator. We consider a confocal ring cavity with plane mirrors and compare with the case of planar cavity. In the latter case the system operates with severe spatial limitations, while in the confocal case, there is the possibility of preserving the signal‐to‐noise ratio while amplifying uniformely the entire image.