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Reduced threshold of a stimulated four-wave mixing process in an optical fiber

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The possibility for all-optical control of the effective parametric Stokes gain was demonstrated in an optical fiber. For the first time the threshold reduction induced by the interference of two different four-wave mixing processes which share a common Stokes wave was used as a control mechanism.

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  1. Dept. of Quantum Electronics, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, 5 A. Ivanov, BG-1126, Sofia, Bulgaria

    N. Minkovski & T. Mirtchev

  2. Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Trakia Blvd. 72, PG-1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

    L. Ivanov

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Minkovski, N., Mirtchev, T. & Ivanov, L. Reduced threshold of a stimulated four-wave mixing process in an optical fiber. Appl. Phys. B 55, 430–432 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00325182

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