Title :
Demonstration of two-pump photorefractive gain in a BaTiO3 crystal for realizing a whitelight cavity
Author :
Pati, G.S. ; Salit, M. ; Salit, K. ; Shahriar, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL
Abstract :
We demonstrated double-peaked gain in a BaTiO3 crystal using two non-degenerate pump beams. This shows that the negative dispersion necessary for a whitelight cavity for gravitational wave detection can be produced with photorefractive crystals.
Keywords :
barium compounds; optical dispersion; photorefractive effect; BaTiO3; BaTiO3 crystal; negative dispersion; nondegenerate pump beams; photorefractive crystals; two-pump photorefractive gain; whitelight cavity; Crystals; Dispersion; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Probes; 020.1670; 060.1810;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9