Stimulated parametric scattering of excitonic polaritons in planar GaAs microcavities: Distinctive feature of QW electric field

Instabilities in the electric field at the QW in the active region of a GaAs based microcavity have been investigated under the resonance excitation near the inflection point of the low polariton (LP) dispersion curve with the use of four wave mixing technique. The electric field jump due to an LP bistability has been found to precede the development of a stimulated parametric scattering of LPs. The latter has been found to develop with a delay of a few hundreds ps from the beginning of the excitation pulse. These results are in qualitative agreement with hard regime of excitation of the stimulated parametric LP scattering predicted recently.     

拉曼效应和参量放大共同作用下增益谱特性

根据激光脉冲在双折射光纤中传输时, 拉曼效应和参量放大共同作用下所所遵循的耦合模方程, 基于平行拉曼增益的洛伦兹模型, 给出了输入抽运波偏振方向沿相互正交的双折射轴时, 拉曼效应和参量放大共同作用所导致的增益. 讨论并分析了在不同色散区相关参量对增益谱特性的影响. 结果表明, 拉曼效应改变了非线性和色散的相互平衡, 使得参量放大斯托克斯波与反斯托克斯波增益谱彼此不对称; 当输入功率一定时, 其增益谱结构确定, 非线性系数和色散系数两者之间相对变化时, 增益谱的强度和展宽有所改变.     

高阶色散对高双折射光纤增益谱的影响

根据参量放大和拉曼效应共同作用下的耦合波方程,在考虑高阶色散情况下,当输入泵浦波偏振方向同双折射轴成45时,通过引入拉曼增益的洛伦兹模型,研究了高双折射光纤中,参量放大和拉曼效应共同作用下的增益谱随相关参量的变化关系。结果表明:高双折射光纤中,在不同色散区,不同的输入参量（输入功率、群速度失配等）条件下,参量放大和拉曼效应共同作用下的增益谱受到高阶色散的影响,增益谱的结构、强度和谱宽产生了变化, 高阶色散对增益谱的影响不可忽略;可以利用增益谱在大群速度失配区域远离中心频率偏移的性质,提取T频率脉冲。     

Nonlinear-optical transformation of nanosecond laser pulses and controlled supercontinuum generation in photonic-crystal fibers

Photonic-crystal fibers are shown to allow efficient spectral transformation of nanosecond laser pulses through parametric four-wave mixing and stimulated Raman scattering. Regimes providing highly efficient transformation of nanosecond laser pulses into white-light broadband radiation (supercontinuum) are identified. A strong parametric coupling between Stokes and anti-Stokes Raman sidebands around the wavelength of zero group-velocity dispersion is shown to increase the bandwidth and to improve the spectral quality of supercontinuum radiation.     

Picosecond parametric Raman laser based on KGd(WO4)2 crystal

Simultaneous frequency up and down conversion using a biharmonically pumped parametric Raman laser (PRL) based on a KGd(WO₄)₂ (KGW) crystal has been demonstrated experimentally. Collimated beams have been generated for both the 1st anti-Stokes (1AS) at 511 nm and 2nd Stokes (2S) at 579 nm by four-wave parametric Raman interaction. To excite PRL biharmonically, we pumped the KGW crystal with 20 ps pulses at the fundamental 530 nm and its 1st Stokes component at 555 nm. The 1st Stokes pump beam was generated using stimulated Raman scattering in a separate KGW Raman oscillator. The energy conversion efficiencies reached experimentally were 10% for the 2S and 4% for the 1AS.     

Multifrequency parametric infrared Raman generation in KGd(WO(4))(2) crystal with biharmonic ultrashort-pulse pumping

Mutlifrequency parametric Raman generation was carried out in a KGd(WO(4))(2) crystal by use of a dual-wavelength Ti:sapphire laser system. It was found that with femtosecond pump pulses the efficiency of Raman generation is low because of the onset of self-phase modulation. The mechanism for suppression of stimulated Raman scattering by self-phase modulation is discussed. Employing 2-ps-long chirped pulses generated four Stokes and one anti-Stokes component.     

Strong signal suppression in single-pump optical parametric amplifiers

We show that the combined action of parametric gain and Raman scattering can lead to the complete suppression of an input optical signal in a single-pump parametric amplifier. This suppression is due to an interference between the two parametric gain modes. The interference occurs only at a set of discrete combinations of pump power, phase mismatch, and frequency detuning. Experimentally we are able to demonstrate over 95% (13 dB) suppression of an input signal in an amplifier with a peak parametric gain of only 6 dB.     

Fiber parametric oscillator for the 2 μm wavelength range based on narrowband optical parametric amplification

We describe a widely tunable synchronously pumped coherent source based on the process of narrowband parametric amplification in a dispersion-shifted fiber. Using an experimental fiber with a zero-dispersion wavelength of 1590 nm and pump wavelengths of 1530 to 1570 nm yields oscillations at 1970 to 2140 nm-the longest reported wavelength for a fiber parametric oscillator. The long-wavelength oscillations are accompanied by simultaneous short-wavelength oscillations at 1200 to 1290 nm. The parametric gain is coupled to stimulated Raman scattering. For parametric oscillations close to the Raman gain peak, the two gain processes must be discriminated from each other. We devised two configurations that achieve this discrimination: one is based on the exploitation of the difference in group delay between the wavelengths where Raman and parametric gain peak, and the other uses intracavity polarization tuning.     

部分离化激光等离子体的受激喇曼散射不稳定性

由于部分离化激光等离子体中存在束缚电子，它可显著改变其参量不稳定性。本文分析了部分离化激光等离子体的受激喇曼散射的非线性色散关系，计算了钕玻璃倍频和三倍频激光受激喇曼散射的增长率，结果表明，前向受激喇曼散射显著增强，后向受激喇曼散射影响不大。     

Parametric interactions and scattering

We show how a variety of parametric Hamiltonians arise by a limiting procedure applied to a time-independent Hamiltonian. We then study one such Hamiltonian, that for a parametric frequency converter, in detail and find its associated Raman scattering matrix.     

Observation of non-phase-matched parametric amplification in resonant nonlinear optics

The coupling between a resonant excitation and a nonresonant parametric process in a nonlinear system is studied experimentally under non-phase-matched conditions. Our study performed in the context of anti-Stokes stimulated Raman scattering provides a clear observation of the self-induced phase matching of a parametric process. A close agreement with theoretical predictions is observed.     

Collinear and noncollinear emission of anti-stokes and second order stokes Raman radiation

Generating higher order stimulated Raman scattering in benzene, apart from phase-matched anti-Stokes radiation a collinear anti-Stokes emission is observed, which is explained by parametric four-photon processes under mismatch condition.     

Low-threshold parametric Raman generation of high-order Raman components in crystals

The theoretical and experimental study of the axial transient multiwave parametric Raman generation via four-wave mixing of arbitrary neighboring Stokes components in simple tungstate crystals is carried out. In agreement of the theoretical modeling with the experimental results, we have found that because of the four-wave mixing of arbitrary Stokes components in the short crystals, the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) generation thresholds of the high-order Stokes components are significantly reduced relative to the values defined by the cascade-like mechanism of SRS.     

Quantum theory of the Raman effect

A quantum mechanical analysis is made of higher order processes in Raman scattering. In particular the examples of coupled Stokes and Antistokes radiation and the generation of 1st and 2nd Stokes radiation are considered. All fields, electromagnetic and phonons, are quantized and the Schrödinger equation for the system is solved exactly. This completely quantum mechanical approach eliminates discrepancies which occur when linearization procedures such as the parametric approximation are employed. The theory applies to both stimulated and spontaneous Raman scattering.     

Calculation of off‐resonance Raman scattering intensities with parametric models

The paper reviews applications of parametric models for calculations of the Raman scattering intensity of materials with the main emphasis on the performance of the bond polarizability model. The use of the model in studies of polymers, aluminosilicates, and nanostructures is discussed and the existing sets of electro‐optical parameters as well as their transferability are analyzed. The paper highlights the interplay between the first‐principles and parametric approaches to the Raman intensity calculations and suggests further developments in this field. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Complete experimental characterization of the influence of parametric four-wave mixing on stimulated Raman gain

We present what is to our knowledge the first complete measurement of the dependence of Raman gain on chromatic dispersion, fully revealing the influence of parametric four-wave mixing on stimulated Raman scattering. In particular, a threefold increase of the Raman gain is observed under phase-matching conditions, in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions. Our experiments, which were performed in a photonic crystal fiber, demonstrate that these unique fibers can be exploited to boost the performances of fiber Raman amplifiers.     

Broadly tunable dual-wavelength light source for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy

The signal and idler beams from a picosecond, synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) provide the two colors necessary for coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy. The OPO provides a continuously tunable frequency difference between the two beams over a broad range of Raman shifts (100-3700 cm(-1)) by varying the temperature of a single nonlinear crystal. The near-infrared output (900-1300 nm) allows for deep penetration into thick samples and reduced nonlinear photodamage. Applications of this light source to in vivo cell and ex vivo tissue imaging are demonstrated.     

Kinetics of stimulated polariton scattering in planar microcavities: evidence for a dynamically self-organized optical parametric oscillator

Strong temporal hysteresis effects in the population kinetics of pumped and scattered lower polaritons (LPs) have been observed in a planar semiconductor microcavity under a nanosecond-long pulsed resonant excitation (by frequency and angle) near the inflection point of the LPs' dispersion. The hysteresis loops have a complicated shape due to the interplay of two instabilities. The self-instability (bistability) of the nonlinear pumped LP is accompanied by a strong parametric instability which causes an explosive growth of the scattered LPs' population over a wide range of wave vectors. Finally, after a 30-500 ps period, a three-mode scattering pattern forms, thereby demonstrating a dynamically self-organized regime of the optical parametric oscillator. Stability is maintained by the presence of numerous weak "above-condensate" modes; the whole system therefore appears to be highly correlated.     

High-power supercontinuum generation in highly nonlinear, dispersion-shifted fibers by use of a continuous-wave Raman fiber laser

High-power supercontinua are demonstrated in highly nonlinear, dispersion-shifted fibers with a continuous-wave Raman fiber laser. Supercontinuum growth is experimentally studied under different combinations of fiber length and launch power to show output powers as high as 3.2 W and bandwidths greater than 544 nm. Modulation instability (MI) is observed to seed spectral broadening at low launch powers, and the interplay between MI and stimulated Raman scattering plays an important role in the growth of the continuum at high launch powers. The effect on continuum generation of parametric four-wave mixing coupled with the higher-order dispersion properties of the fiber is investigated.