DocumentCode
689802
Title
Entropy driven multi-photon frequency up-conversion
Author
Manor, Assaf ; Kruger, Norbert ; Rotschild, Carmel
Author_Institution
Russell Berrie Nanotechnol. Inst., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate a fundamentally new, entropy driven photon up-conversion mechanism, where 10.6μ photons are tenfold up-converted to 1μ with efficiency of 10%. This work opens novel ways of converting thermal-radiation to electricity.
Keywords
entropy; heat radiation; multiphoton processes; optical frequency conversion; electricity; entropy driven multiphoton frequency up-conversion; thermal-radiation conversion; Entropy; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Photonics; Temperature; Thermodynamics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6834190
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