Guided wave methods and apparatus for nonlinear frequency generation

Rundquist, Andrew; Kapteyn, Henry C; Murnane, Margaret M

Title: Guided wave methods and apparatus for nonlinear frequency generation

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:873398

Rundquist, Andrew ^[1]; Kapteyn, Henry C ^[2]; Murnane, Margaret M ^[2]

Austin, TX
Ann Arbor, MI

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for the nonlinear generation of sum and difference frequencies of electromagnetic radiation propagating in a nonlinear material. A waveguide having a waveguide cavity contains the nonlinear material. Phase matching of the nonlinear generation is obtained by adjusting a waveguide propagation constant, the refractive index of the nonlinear material, or the waveguide mode in which the radiation propagates. Phase matching can be achieved even in isotropic nonlinear materials. A short-wavelength radiation source uses phase-matched nonlinear generation in a waveguide to produce high harmonics of a pulsed laser.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-96ER12196

Assignee:: Regents of University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Patent Number(s):: US 6151155

OSTI ID:: 873398

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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