Open AccessControl of quantum pathways for the generation of continuous-wave Raman sidebands
Author(s) -
Shin Ichi Zaitsu,
Totaro Imasaka
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.024298
Subject(s) - optics , four wave mixing , raman scattering , raman spectroscopy , dispersion (optics) , wavelength , physics , phase conjugation , laser , continuous wave , nonlinear optics , phase (matter) , materials science , quantum mechanics
The generation of a multifrequency continuous-wave laser through stimulated Raman scattering and phase-matched four-wave mixing in a medium-filled optical cavity is demonstrated. Three different quantum pathways for the four-wave mixing, two of them degenerate and one of them nondegenerate, can be excited independently by tuning the intracavity dispersion. The results suggest that phase-matched Raman sidebands were generated on the longer wavelength side as well as on the shorter wavelength side, which can be used for the Fourier synthesis of a train of ultrashort optical pulses.