Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Vectorial phase conjugation via four-wave mixing in isotropic saturable-gain media

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We study theoretically the properties of transient degenerate four-wave mixing in an isotropic, homogeneously saturable gain medium with interacting beams of arbitrary strength and polarization state. In particular we investigate the ability of the interaction to exhibit vectorial phase conjugation when orthogonally circularly polarized pump beams are used. This mechanism allows the correction of both phase and polarization distortions introduced to an optical beam. Numerical simulations are compared with experiments that use a flashlamp-pumped Nd3+:YAG amplifier and demonstrate good vector phase-conjugate fidelity for both weak and strong probe beams of arbitrary polarization state.

© 1997 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Transient analysis of four-grating copolarized four-wave mixing in saturable gain media with finite probe

K. S. Syed, G. J. Crofts, and M. J. Damzen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13(9) 1892-1904 (1996)

Nonlinear phase distortion in phase conjugation by degenerate four-wave mixing in Kerr media

S. Trillo and S. Wabnitz
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 5(2) 195-201 (1988)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (10)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (49)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved