Observation of a Novel Large-Signal Four-Photon Instability in Optical Wave Mixing
- 19 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 80 (3) , 504-507
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.80.504
Abstract
Experiments of four-photon frequency conversion in a birefringent optical fiber reveal, besides the usual small-signal parametric modulational instability, a novel large-signal instability. The main observed physical signatures of this instability are the peak stimulated conversion at signal detunings outside the parametric gain bandwidth and a signal power threshold. The transition between the two instability domains is controlled by the wavelength separation between pump and probe beamsKeywords
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