Weak-wave advancement in nearly collinear four-wave mixing

C. F. McCormick, R. Y. Chiao, and J. M. Hickmann, "Weak-wave advancement in nearly collinear four-wave mixing," Optics Express 10(13), 581-585 (2002) We identify a new four-wave mixing process in which two nearly collinear pump beams produce phase-dependent gain into a weak bisector signal...

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Main Authors McCormick, C. F, Chiao, R. Y, Hickmann, J. M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.09.2003
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Physics - Pattern Formation and Solitons
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Summary:C. F. McCormick, R. Y. Chiao, and J. M. Hickmann, "Weak-wave advancement in nearly collinear four-wave mixing," Optics Express 10(13), 581-585 (2002) We identify a new four-wave mixing process in which two nearly collinear pump beams produce phase-dependent gain into a weak bisector signal beam in a self-defocusing Kerr medium. Phase matching is achieved by weak-wave advancement caused by cross-phase modulation between the pump and signal beams. We relate this process to the inverse of spatial modulational instability and suggest a time-domain analog.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0309040