Enhancement of the two-wave-mixing gain in a stack of thin nonlinear media by use of the Talbot effect

Creators: Bortolozzo, Umberto; Residori, Stefania; Huignard, J.-P.

Others:: Institut Non Linéaire de Nice Sophia-Antipolis (INLN) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata (INOA) ; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau] ; THALES [France]

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We show that the Talbot effect can be used to increase the gaib of two-wave mixing in a stack of this nonlinear media. We demonstrate that a large gain enhancement is achieved for a new nonlinear elements, provided that they are placed at distances that satisfy Talbot recurrences.

Enhancement of the two-wave-mixing gain in a stack of thin nonlinear media by use of the Talbot effect

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