Abstract
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple technique capable of significantly enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio of photorefractive amplifiers. The optical noise due to amplified scattered light and multiple interface reflections is removed by performing two-wave mixing in off-axis-rotating BaTiO3 and Bi12SiO20 crystals. A 20-fold improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio is achieved, and virtually noise-free image amplifiers are demonstrated.
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