• DocumentCode
    2577522
  • Title

    Mirrorless optical parametric oscillations in negative-index microstructures

  • Author

    Popov, A.K. ; Myslivets, S.A. ; Shalaev, V.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    22-26 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Lastpage
    37
  • Abstract
    The unique properties of resonant four-wave mixing of backward waves in negative-index materials are investigated. The possibility of realizing miniature mirrorless optical parametric oscillators is shown and their properties are numerically simulated.
  • Keywords
    backward wave oscillators; metamaterials; micro-optics; multiwave mixing; optical parametric oscillators; backward waves; four-wave mixing; mirrorless optical parametric oscillations; mirrorless optical parametric oscillators; negative-index materials; negative-index microstructures; Four-wave mixing; Microstructure; Nanotechnology; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Optical refraction; Oscillators; Resonance; backward-wave mirrorless optical parametric micro oscillators; compensating losses; metamaterials; negative refraction index; quantum control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2625-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2626-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598723
  • Filename
    4598723