Autoresonant four-wave mixing in optical fibers

Journal Article · Sun Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.82.023820· OSTI ID:21448581

Yaakobi, O; Friedland, L ^[1]

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1. Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 (Israel)

A theory of autoresonant four-wave mixing in tapered fibers is developed in application to optical parametric amplification (OPA). In autoresonance, the interacting waves (two pump waves, a signal, and an idler) stay phase-locked continuously despite variation of system parameters (spatial tapering). This spatially extended phase-locking allows complete pump depletion in the system and uniform amplification spectrum in a wide frequency band. Different aspects of autoresonant OPA are described including the automatic initial phase-locking, conditions for autoresonant transition, stability, and spatial range of the autoresonant interaction.

• OSTI ID: 21448581
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 82; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
AMPLIFICATION
ENERGY SPECTRA
FIBERS
FREQUENCY MIXING
OPTICAL FIBERS
PUMPING
RESONANCE
SPECTRA
STABILITY
VARIATIONS