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Title: Highly efficient difference-frequency generation in the field of frequency-modulated optical radiation

Journal Article · · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)
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  1. Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow region, Chernogolovka (Russian Federation)

It is shown for the first time that when optical radiation, which is frequency- or phase-modulated by microwave oscillations, propagates through a quadratically nonlinear medium in a high-Q microwave cavity, the optical radiation energy can be converted very efficiently into the energy of a microwave of frequency equal to the modulation frequency. (nonlinear optical phenomena)

OSTI ID:
21435965
Journal Information:
Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 28, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE1998v028n12ABEH001394; ISSN 1063-7818
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English