PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION OF A POLYCHROMATIC IMAGE

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作者
DEVAUX, F
LANTZ, E
机构
[1] Laboratoire d’Optique P. M. Duffieux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Franche-Comté, Besaņcon Cedex, 25030
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10.1364/JOSAB.12.002245
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The picosecond parametric amplification of a polychromatic image with a wavelength bandwidth of 140 nm and a gain of 15 dB has been obtained in a Lithium triborate type-I crystal (LBO). Approximately 8 lines/mm in both lateral dimensions were resolved in the crystal plane. This resolution value is in good agreement with a numerical study of the phase-matching conditions near collinear degeneracy, where phase matching is noncritical for the signal beam in angle as well as in wavelength. The parametric amplification of a monochromatic image in LBO is also studied. Because their polarizations are identical, the signal and the idler can interfere, leading to phase-sensitive amplification. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America
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页码:2245 / 2252
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