Abstract:
A parametric device having a non-linear material (4) for generating an idler wave and a signal wave (16) in response to a pump wave (14), the pump, idler and signal waves being non-collinear, the device having a cavity (10, 11) resonant at the pump wavelength and means for varying the angle between the propagation directions of the pump and idler waves.
Abstract:
An optical parametric device, for example an optical parametric generator or amplifier or oscillator, comprising a non-linear material (13) that is operable to generate a signal and an idler wave in response to being stimulated with a pump wave. The non-linear medium is such that the pump and idler waves are substantially collinear and the signal wave is non-collinear.
Abstract:
An optical parametric device, for example an optical parametric generator or amplifier or oscillator, comprising a non-linear material (13) that is operable to generate a signal and an idler wave in response to being stimulated with a pump wave. The non-linear medium is such that the pump and idler waves are substantially collinear and the signal wave is non-collinear.
Abstract:
A coating (10) between a nonlinear crystal (5) and a silicon prism coupler (9), prevents transmission of radiation scattered within the crystal (5) by filtering out frequencies outside the silicon bandgap to avoid free carrier absorption, but transmits THz frequencies that correspond to the bandgap.
Abstract:
A frequency comb generator (10) comprising a non-linear material (16), such as a non-linear crystal, that produces two or more down-converted waves when optically stimulated using an optical pump (14). The generator (10) has two optical cavities (18, 28), the first (18) being a pump wave cavity in which radiation from the pump is resonant, the second being a down converted wave cavity (28) in which one or more of the down-converted waves is resonant. The non-linear material (16) is included in the pump cavity. Included in the down-converted cavity (28) is a phase modulator (12).