DocumentCode
1068089
Title
A resonantly enhanced four-wave parametric oscillator
Author
Pellin, Michael J. ; Yardley, James T.
Author_Institution
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Volume
13
Issue
11
fYear
1977
fDate
11/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
904
Lastpage
907
Abstract
The pump intensity required to achieve operation of an optical parametric oscillator based upon a resonantly enhanced four-wave mixing process is examined. The effects of a finite phase mismatch and of absorption of the generated waves are treated. Numerical calculations for an atomic system (Na) and two molecular systems (HCl, CO) reveal acceptably low pump intensity requirements and suggest that such a device is potentially an efficient, scalable source of tunable coherent radiation.
Keywords
Atom optics; Chemistry; Fluorescence; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Resonance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1977.1069247
Filename
1069247
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