Title :
Complete pump depletion by autoresonant wave mixing in nonuniform second order media
Author :
Yaakobi, Oded ; Caspani, Lucia ; Clerici, Matteo ; Vidal, Fabrice ; Morandotti, Roberto
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci., Univ. of Quebec, Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We propose an analytical theory for the autoresonant phase matching of parametric processes in generic nonuniform χ(2) media. We determine the necessary criteria for achieving complete pump depletion in terms of the physical experimental parameters.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical parametric devices; optical phase matching; optical pumping; analytical theory; autoresonant phase matching; autoresonant wave mixing; complete pump depletion; generic nonuniform χ(2) media; nonuniform second order media; parametric processes; physical experimental parameters; Media; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
