title: Spatially noiseless optical amplification of images.
abstract: We present the first experimental demonstration of noiseless amplification of images, where noise refers to spatial quantum fluctuations on the pixels of single shot images. Phase-sensitive and phase-insensitive schemes are compared and the noise figures are in good agreement with theory, inasmuch this theory includes the quantum efficiency of the whole system and the pixel size.
authors.affiliation: Institut FEMTO-ST, Laboratoire d'Optique PM Duffieux, UMR CNRS/Université de Franche-Comté 6174, 25030 Besançon CEDEX, France.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mosset
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Devaux
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lantz