Efficient, broadband, and robust frequency conversion by fully nonlinear adiabatic three-wave mixing
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چکیده
A comprehensive physical model of adiabatic three-wave mixing is developed for the fully nonlinear regime, i.e., without making the undepleted pump approximation. The conditions for adiabatic evolution are rigorously derived, together with an estimate of the bandwidth of the process. Furthermore, these processes are shown to be robust and efficient. Finally, numerical simulations demonstrate adiabatic frequency conversion in a wide variety of physically attainable configurations. © 2013 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (190.4223) Nonlinear wave mixing; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers; (190.4975) Parametric processes; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (190.7220) Upconversion. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.30.001342
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