Modulational instability and four-wave mixing in anisotropic chi((3)) magneto-optic media

Authors
Longhi, S Pruneri, V
Citation
S. Longhi et V. Pruneri, Modulational instability and four-wave mixing in anisotropic chi((3)) magneto-optic media, J OPT A-P A, 3(2), 2001, pp. L5-L7
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
14644258 → ACNP
Volume
3
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
L5 - L7
Database
ISI
SICI code
1464-4258(200103)3:2<L5:MIAFMI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Nearly degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) in anisotropic magneto-optic media is theoretically investigated. It is shown that the anisotropic nature of the nonlinear X-(3) tensor is responsible for the appearance of a novel FWM instability branch for which phase matching can be conveniently controlled by the application of an axial static magnetic field.