Small-signal gain generated by two pump waves in a nonlinear medium
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 6 (11), 549-551
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.6.000549
Abstract
It is shown that pump waves A and B at angle φ in a nonlinear medium generate gain for a signal wave C at the half-angle between the pump waves.Keywords
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