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marco1235
Hi all, I've some questions for you which challenge my brain a lot!
I'm dealing with a Photonic course and our professor introduced us a little bit of Non-Linear Optics. We spoke about Four-Wave-Mixing (4wm for brevity) and we said that when we shine a material with ##\chi ^{3}## with two frequencies ## \omega_1## and ## \omega_2 ## they mix to produce a downshifted (Stokes) wave at ## \omega_3 = 2\omega_1 - \omega_2 ## and an upshifted (anti-Stokes) wave at ## \omega_4 = 2\omega_2 - \omega_1 ##. The frequencies have equal spacing, that is, ## \omega_1 - \omega_3 = \omega_2 - \omega_1 = \omega_4 - \omega_2 ##. That's ok like in fig1 of the attached files. Now in our discussion in class the professor showed the second picture, where the process is a little bit different in my opinion (is this the well-known Degenerate Four-Wave-Mixing??). He sad that also this second process is a 4wm, and that we must think that ## \omega_1## and ## \omega_2 ## are now the same frequency ## \omega_p ## of the pumping laser. But if they are identical I don't get ##\omega_3## and ##\omega_3## as from the formula above, because if ## \omega_1 = \omega_2 = \omega_p ## then by substituting I get ##\omega_3 = \omega_4 = \omega_p ##. There's something wrong in my head of course! XD
The last question is how is it possible with a degenerate-4wm to create a frequency comb!
I think that if I could undestand the first part, everything it would be (a little bit) more clear!
Thank you in advance and have a beautiful day!
Greetings from Italy!
I'm dealing with a Photonic course and our professor introduced us a little bit of Non-Linear Optics. We spoke about Four-Wave-Mixing (4wm for brevity) and we said that when we shine a material with ##\chi ^{3}## with two frequencies ## \omega_1## and ## \omega_2 ## they mix to produce a downshifted (Stokes) wave at ## \omega_3 = 2\omega_1 - \omega_2 ## and an upshifted (anti-Stokes) wave at ## \omega_4 = 2\omega_2 - \omega_1 ##. The frequencies have equal spacing, that is, ## \omega_1 - \omega_3 = \omega_2 - \omega_1 = \omega_4 - \omega_2 ##. That's ok like in fig1 of the attached files. Now in our discussion in class the professor showed the second picture, where the process is a little bit different in my opinion (is this the well-known Degenerate Four-Wave-Mixing??). He sad that also this second process is a 4wm, and that we must think that ## \omega_1## and ## \omega_2 ## are now the same frequency ## \omega_p ## of the pumping laser. But if they are identical I don't get ##\omega_3## and ##\omega_3## as from the formula above, because if ## \omega_1 = \omega_2 = \omega_p ## then by substituting I get ##\omega_3 = \omega_4 = \omega_p ##. There's something wrong in my head of course! XD
The last question is how is it possible with a degenerate-4wm to create a frequency comb!
I think that if I could undestand the first part, everything it would be (a little bit) more clear!
Thank you in advance and have a beautiful day!
Greetings from Italy!