Adiabatic three-wave volume hologram: large efficiency independent of grating strength and polarization

    Authors

    C. C. Tsai; L. B. Glebov;B. Y. Zeldovich

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    A transmission hologram with two volume gratings is considered in the regime of wave A diffracted into wave B via an intermediate weakly excited wave C. In analogy to the phenomenon of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in nonlinear optics, this new scheme demonstrates diffraction efficiency with low sensitivity to the hologram's strength. A theory of three-wave adiabatic coupling has been developed and explored analytically. Numerical results show an example of a coupling profile that preserves high diffraction efficiency with almost no dependence on the hologram's strength, including the suppressed influence of polarization. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    718

    Last Page

    720

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000235833400014

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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