Published November 1, 1964 | Version public
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Parametric frequency conversion of coherent light by the electro-optic effect in KDP

Abstract

We report an experiment in which interaction between an optical wave at frequency f0 and a microwave signal at fm was used to generate a coherent optical beam at f0 + fm. The interaction was provided by lossless electro-optic modulation of the dielectric constant within a laser resonator and can thus be viewed as a demonstration of parametric(3-5) interaction at optical frequencies.

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© 1965 American Institute of Physics. Received 31 August 1964; in final form 17 September 1964. A number of discussions with H.V. Hance and W.R. Ramsay contributed to this work. We are also indebted to Spectra-Physics for the generous loan of a high-gain laser which made this experiment possible.

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