Theoretical and experimental investigation of broadband cascaded four-wave mixing in high-Q microspheres

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 16209-16215

  Agha, Imad H ^a,b   Okawachi, Yoshitomo ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; MICROSPHERES;

BROADBAND FREQUENCY; CASCADED FOUR-WAVE MIXING; CAVITY MODE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH-Q MICROCAVITY; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATIONS; SILICA MICROSPHERES;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 69949089687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016209     Document Type: Article

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