Towards ultrasensitive optical links enabled by low-noise phase-sensitive amplifiers
10.1038/nphoton.2011.79
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Tong, Z., Lundström, C., Andrekson, P. A., McKinstrie, C. J., Karlsson, M., Blessing, D. J., Tipsuwannakul, E., Puttnam, B. J., Toda, H., & Grüner-Nielsen, L. (2011). Towards ultrasensitive optical links enabled by low-noise phase-sensitive amplifiers. Nature Photonics, 5(7), 430–436.

Authors 10
  1. Z. Tong (first)
  2. C. Lundström (additional)
  3. P. A. Andrekson (additional)
  4. C. J. McKinstrie (additional)
  5. M. Karlsson (additional)
  6. D. J. Blessing (additional)
  7. E. Tipsuwannakul (additional)
  8. B. J. Puttnam (additional)
  9. H. Toda (additional)
  10. L. Grüner-Nielsen (additional)
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@article{Tong_2011, title={Towards ultrasensitive optical links enabled by low-noise phase-sensitive amplifiers}, volume={5}, ISSN={1749-4893}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.79}, DOI={10.1038/nphoton.2011.79}, number={7}, journal={Nature Photonics}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Tong, Z. and Lundström, C. and Andrekson, P. A. and McKinstrie, C. J. and Karlsson, M. and Blessing, D. J. and Tipsuwannakul, E. and Puttnam, B. J. and Toda, H. and Grüner-Nielsen, L.}, year={2011}, month=jun, pages={430–436} }