• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 11, Issue 2, 02000e21 (2023)
Wenhao Wang1, Yudong Tao1, Jingui Ma1, Jing Wang1,*..., Peng Yuan1,*, Dongfang Zhang1 and Liejia Qian1,2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
  • 2Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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    DOI: 10.1017/hpl.2023.14 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wenhao Wang, Yudong Tao, Jingui Ma, Jing Wang, Peng Yuan, Dongfang Zhang, Liejia Qian, "Parametric generation and phase locking of multiple sidebands in the regime of full-back-conversion," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 11, 02000e21 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Parametric interaction allows both forward and backward energy transfers among the three interacting waves. The back-conversion effect is usually detrimental when unidirectional energy transfer is desired. In this theoretical work, we manifest that the back-conversion effect underpins the direct generation of the picosecond pulse train without the need for a laser resonator. The research scenario is an optical parametric amplification (OPA) that consists of a second-order nonlinear medium, a quasi-continuous pump laser and a sinusoidal amplitude-modulated seed signal. The back-conversion of OPA can transfer the modulation peaks (valleys) of the incident signal into output valleys (peaks), which inherently induces spectral sidebands. The generation of each sideband is naturally accompanied with a phase shift of ±π. In the regime of full-back-conversion, the amount and amplitude of the sidebands reach the maximum simultaneously, and their phase constitutes an arithmetic sequence, leading to the production of a picosecond pulse train. The generated picosecond pulse train can have an ultrahigh repetition rate of 40 GHz or higher, which may facilitate ultrafast applications with ultrahigh speed.
    As(z,t)z+m=1(i)m1m!ks(m)mAs(z,t)tm=id(z)ωsnsc0Ap(z,t)Ai(z,t)eiΔkz,Ai(z,t)z+m=1(i)m1m!ki(m)mAi(z,t)tm=id(z)ωinic0Ap(z,t)As(z,t)eiΔkz,Ap(z,t)z+m=1(i)m1m!kp(m)mAp(z,t)tm=id(z)ωpnpc0As(z,t)Ai(z,t)eiΔkz, ((1))

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    Aout(t)aAin(t), ((2))

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    E(t)=E0exp(iω0t)n=NNexp[in (π+Ωt)]=E0exp(iω0t)cos(2N+12Ωt)cos(Ωt2), ((3))

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    Ain(t)=Ap+Av2+ApAv2sin(Ωtπ2) ((4))

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    Aout(t)=aAp+Av2+ApAv2sin(Ωtπ2), ((5))

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    Aout(t)4a/Ap(Ωt)2+4Av/Ap. ((6))

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    ALZ(t)=1πΓt2+Γ2. ((7))

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    Γ=4AvΩ2Ap=2ΩER4. ((8))

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    T=221Γ1.29Γ. ((9))

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    aLZ(ω)=eΓ|ω|. ((10))

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    Wenhao Wang, Yudong Tao, Jingui Ma, Jing Wang, Peng Yuan, Dongfang Zhang, Liejia Qian, "Parametric generation and phase locking of multiple sidebands in the regime of full-back-conversion," High Power Laser Sci. Eng. 11, 02000e21 (2023)
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