Title :
Spatial four wave mixing in photonic lattices
Author :
Bartal, Guy ; Manela, Ofer ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We present the first experimental observation of spatial four-wave-mixing in photonic lattices, demonstrating universal aspects associated such processes in periodic media, such as Bloch-wave folding, engineered phase-matching, and ldquoband-controlrdquo of the interaction products.
Keywords :
inhomogeneous media; multiwave mixing; optical lattices; optical phase matching; Bloch-wave folding; band-control; periodic media; phase-matching; photonic lattices; spatial four wave mixing; Diffraction; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Holography; Lattices; Nonhomogeneous media; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Photonics Society; Physics; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629108
