Continuous-wave phase-sensitive parametric image amplification

Abstract

We study experimentally parametric amplification in the continuous regime using a transverse-degenerate type-II Optical Parametric Oscillator operated below threshold. We demonstrate that this device is able to amplify either in the phase insensitive or phase sensitive way first a single mode beam, then a multimode image. Furthermore the total intensities of the amplified image projected on the signal and idler polarizations are shown to be correlated at the quantum level.

14 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Journal of Modern Optics, Special Issue on Quantum Imaging

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