Optics Letters

Very-high-gain single-pass two-beam coupling in blue Rh:BaTiO_3

Malgosia Kaczmarek, Robert W. Eason

Published Sep 15, 1995• 34 citations

Abstract

Two-beam coupling has been studied at red and near-infrared wavelengths in blue Rh:BaTiO(3). High amplification, of the order of 20,000-37,000, of a weak signal beam has been measured. The effect of strong intensity-dependent transmission is considered when theoretical plots are fitted to the experimental data.

DOI: 10.1364/ol.20.001850

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