title: Control of quantum pathways for the generation of continuous-wave Raman sidebands.
abstract: The generation of a multifrequency continuous-wave laser through stimulated Raman scattering and phase-matched four-wave mixing in a medium-filled optical cavity is demonstrated. Three different quantum pathways for the four-wave mixing, two of them degenerate and one of them nondegenerate, can be excited independently by tuning the intracavity dispersion. The results suggest that phase-matched Raman sidebands were generated on the longer wavelength side as well as on the shorter wavelength side, which can be used for the Fourier synthesis of a train of ultrashort optical pulses.
authors: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. s-zaitsu@cstf.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors: Shin-ichi
authors: S
authors: Zaitsu
authors: Totaro
authors: T
authors: Imasaka
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation*