Abstract
We demonstrate image amplification with a 19-pixel optical image amplifier array based on high gain per unit length Yb3+-doped phosphate glass optical fiber. The 19 pixels of the image amplifier provide spatially uniform image amplification whose gain can reach 30 dB/pixel or more with a fiber length of 10 cm. This image amplifier responds quickly to changes in the image position - with potential for GHz-level frame rates. This unique approach for image amplification offers low noise, high gain, and wide field of view in a compact fiber-based device.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3759-3765 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2 2007 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Suzuki, S., Jiang, S., Peyghambarian, N., & Chavez-Pirson, A. (2007). Image amplifier based on Yb3+-doped multi-core phosphate optical fiber. Optics Express, 15(7), 3759-3765. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.003759