Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2014
Идентификатор DOI: 10.1007/s00339-013-8078-4
Ключевые слова: Electromagnetic pulse, Light amplifiers, Mixing, Phonons, Plasmons, Frequency conversions, Nonlinear optical process, Operational properties, Phase and group velocities, Plasmonic metamaterials, Raman amplifier, Specific properties, Three wave mixing, Metamaterials
Аннотация: A possibility to greatly enhance frequency-conversion efficiency of stimulated Raman scattering is shown by making use of extraordinary properties of three-wave mixing of ordinary and backward waves. Such processes are commonly attributed to negative-index plasmonic metamaterials. This work demonstrates the possibility to replace sПоказать полностьюuch metamaterials that are very challenging to engineer by readily available crystals which support elastic waves with contra-directed phase and group velocities. The main goal of this work was to investigate specific properties of indicated nonlinear optical process in short-pulse regime and to show that it enables elimination of fundamental detrimental effect of fast damping of optical phonons on the process concerned. Among the applications is the possibility of creation of a family of unique photonic devices such as unidirectional Raman amplifiers and femtosecond pulse shapers with greatly improved operational properties.
Журнал: APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
Выпуск журнала: Vol. 115, Is. 2
Номера страниц: 523-529
ISSN журнала: 09478396
Место издания: NEW YORK
Издатель: SPRINGER