Title :
Theoretical and experimental study of Third Order Difference Frequency Generation
Author :
Gravier, Fabien ; Boulanger, Benoît
Author_Institution :
Centre Nat. de la Recherche Sci., Grenoble
Abstract :
We performed several experimental validations of a model based on Jacobi elliptic functions describing collinear phase-matched third order difference frequency generation without spatial and temporal walk-off. The experiments used KTP crystals and sub-nanosecond laser beams.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; potassium compounds; Jacobi elliptic functions; KTP; KTP crystals; collinear phase-matched third order difference frequency generation; spatial walk-off; subnanosecond laser beams; temporal walk-off; Crystals; Energy measurement; Frequency conversion; Jacobian matrices; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Length measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453631
