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Conditions for optical parametric oscillation with structured light pump

Optics 2018-12-26 v1

Abstract

We investigate the transverse mode structure of the down-converted beams generated by a type-II optical parametric oscillator (OPO) driven by a structured pump. Our analysis focus on the selection rules imposed by the spatial overlap between the transverse modes of the three fields involved in the non-linear interaction. These rules imply a hierarchy of oscillation thresholds that determine the possible transverse modes generated by the OPO, as remarkably confirmed with experimental results.

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@article{arxiv.1809.09235,
  title  = {Conditions for optical parametric oscillation with structured light pump},
  author = {G. B. Alves and R. F. Barros and D. S. Tasca and C. E. R. Souza and A. Z. Khoury},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09235},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 11 figures

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