Nonlinear optics at maximum coherence

被引:52
作者
Harris, SE [1 ]
Yin, GY [1 ]
Jain, M [1 ]
Xia, H [1 ]
Merriam, AJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Edward L Ginzton Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 1997年 / 355卷 / 1733期
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10.1098/rsta.1997.0127
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We describe nonlinear optical processes which use maximum coherence of a nonallowed transition. The nonlinear susceptibility for such processes is of the same order of magnitude as is the linear susceptibility. This allows frequency converters and optical parametric oscillators with bandwidths which are on order of their centre frequency.
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页码:2291 / 2304
页数:14
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