"NEW THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ON OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION AND SELF-OSCILLATION IN A THIN NONLINEAR KERR MEDIUM"

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Abstract

The theory and practice of optical phase conjugation via degenerative four wave mixing in a nonlinear medium have been standardized for many years. In most of these studies, the role played by the diffracted beam has been largely ignored. Recently, we have shown that in a nonlinear thin medium, under phase-matched conditions, the pump-diffracted beam coupling can give rise to substantial amplification of the probe beam for both local (e.g., Kerr-like) and non-local diffusive (e.g., thermal and electronic) types of nonlinearity.1, 2 The occurrence of these effects, and their magnitude, mandate a reexamination of a similar wave mixing effect, i.e., optical phase-conjugation involving a probe, a pump and another (e.g., retroreflected pump) strong beam. As shown in Figure 1, in the limit of a very weak probe compared to the pump beam, there are altogether six coupled waves, including the three beams mentioned above, the two diffracted beams, and the phase conjugated beam.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInternational Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 1988
PublisherOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Electronic)9781557528209
StatePublished - 1988
EventInternational Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 1988 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: Jul 18 1988Jul 21 1988

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers

Conference

ConferenceInternational Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 1988
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period7/18/887/21/88

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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