OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS WITH PHASE FIDELITY

PSI PROPOSES TO STUDY NONLINEAR EFFECTS AS MEANS TO PRODUCE LOW NOISE OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION. THE NONLINEAR PHENOMENA INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, SIMULATED SCATTERING AND WAVE MIXING. A BROAD LITERATURE SEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICABILITY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHASE PRESERVING OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS WILL BE MADE. APPLICABILITY ISSUES INCLUDE FIDELITY OF PHASE IMPRINT FROM A WEAK BEAM ONTO AN AMPLIFIED BEAM, NOISE ISSUES AND SCALABILITY. WAVE MIXING PROCESSES INCLUDE, BUT AR NOT LIMITED TO, TWO BEAM COUPLING, PARAMETRIC MIXING, UP-CONVERSION AND DOWN-CONVERSION MAY ALSO PROVE USEFUL AS NONLINEAR OPTICS PHASE PRESERVING AMPLIFIERS. THE END PRODUCT OF PHASE I WILL BE A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER MODEL OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEVERAL KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION (INCLUDING MODELS OF PHASE AND IMAGE FIDELITY).