• 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