Normal, degenerated, and anomalous-dispersion-like Cerenkov sum-frequency generation in one nonlinear medium

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-04-14
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WereportontheexperimentalrealizationofCerenkovsum-frequencygenerationacrossthematerialdispersioninaone-dimensional,periodicallypoledferroelectriccrystal.Threeschemesofsum-frequencygeneration,confinedonlyinthevicinityofdomainwallsandintheformofnonlinearCerenkovradiation,aredemonstratedinnormal,degenerated,andanomalous-dispersion-likeconfigurations.Weexploittheirphase-matchinggeometries,whichexhibitawholescenariooftheevolutionofCerenkovradiationvaryingwiththedispersionrelationshipamongtheinteractionwaves.Inaddition,twosetsofconicalsum-frequencygenerationwithdifferentradiusandcenteraredemonstrated,whichresultfromscatteringassistantphase-matchingprocesses.