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    Placing a grating in a resonant cavity significantly boosts optical light deflection efficiency using non-degenerate four-wave mixing. This method, tested in linear and ring cavities, shows substantial experimental improvements.

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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Nonlinear Optics
    • Quantum Optics

    Background:

    • Non-degenerate four-wave mixing (NDFWM) is a key nonlinear optical process.
    • Optical light deflection is crucial for various photonic applications.
    • Improving the efficiency of NDFWM-based deflection has been a persistent challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the enhancement of optical light deflection efficiency.
    • To explore the use of resonant cavities for improving NDFWM efficiency.
    • To theoretically and experimentally validate the proposed method.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical modeling of NDFWM in resonant cavities (linear and ring).
    • Experimental implementation of the proposed setup.
    • Measurement and comparison of deflection efficiency with and without cavities.

    Main Results:

    • Significant increase in optical light deflection efficiency predicted by theory.
    • Experimental demonstration of efficiency enhancement by a factor of 5.6.
    • Validation of the resonant cavity approach for NDFWM.

    Conclusions:

    • Resonant cavities offer a powerful method to enhance optical light deflection efficiency via NDFWM.
    • The findings have implications for improving optical switching and modulation technologies.
    • The demonstrated technique provides a practical route to higher-performance photonic devices.