Observation of backward sum-frequency generation in periodically-poled lithium niobate

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作者
Gu, XH
Korotkov, RY
Ding, YJ [1 ]
Kang, JU
Khurgin, JB
机构
[1] Bowling Green State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Ctr Mat & Photochem Sci, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA
[2] USN, Res Lab, Washington, DC 20375 USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00385-X
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report experimental observation of backward sum-frequency generation in periodically-poled LiNbO3 resulting from mixing between the forward propagating fundamental beam with the second harmonic beam. Although the forward second harmonic beam itself is not phase-matched, the sum-frequency generation exhibits several phase-matching peaks. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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