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A Chia1, M Hajdušek2, R Nair3,4
1Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
Abstract:
It is commonly accepted that a parametric amplifier can simulate a phase-preserving linear amplifier regardless of how the latter is realized [C. M. Caves et al., Phys. Rev. A 86, 063802 (2012)PLRAAN1050-294710.1103/PhysRevA.86.063802]. If true, this reduces all phase-preserving linear amplifiers to a single familiar model. Here we disprove this claim by constructing two counterexamples. A detailed discussion of the physics of our counterexamples is provided. It is shown that a Heisenberg-picture analysis facilitates a microscopic explanation of the physics. This also resolves a question about the nature of amplifier-added noise in degenerate two-photon amplification.
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