• DocumentCode
    923926
  • Title

    Complete photon conversion in backward-travelling-wave parametric amplification and oscillation

  • Author

    Hsu, Hsiung ; Yu, Chung

  • Author_Institution
    Ohio State University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbus, USA
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    1973
  • Firstpage
    442
  • Lastpage
    444
  • Abstract
    The condition of complete photon conversion is analysed. It is shown that complete conversion of the pump at finite pump excitation is impossible in forward-travelling-wave signal amplification, but possible in backward-travelling-wave signal amplification.
  • Keywords
    backward wave tubes; parametric amplifiers; parametric oscillators; backward wave tube; parametric amplifiers; parametric oscillators; photon conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19730323
  • Filename
    4236274