Polarization-decoupled Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing

Author

Schroeder, W.A. ; Damzen, M.J. ; Hutchinson, M.H.R.

Volume

25

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

460

Lastpage

469

Abstract

An experimental and theoretical investigation of a polarization-decoupled form of Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing (BEFWM) is undertaken. Analytical steady-state solutions are found and numerical simulations of the transient regime including pump depletion are made. Experimental investigations of the BEFWM process were carried out in the liquids acetone and CS/sub 2/. Reflectivities, greater than unity, are readily observed. The variation of the transient reflectivity as a function of pump intensities and frequency detuning is studied. In the case of CS/sub 2/ it is shown that the Kerr effect makes a significant contribution to the interaction and numerical simulations, including Kerr effects, to produce good agreement with the experimental results.<>

Keywords

carbon compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical phase conjugation; organic compounds; stimulated Brillouin scattering; CS/sub 2/; Kerr effect; acetone; analytical steady state solutions; frequency detuning; phase conjugation; polarisation-decoupled Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing; pump depletion; pump intensities; reflectivities; transient reflectivity; transient regime; Brillouin scattering; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Polarization; Probes; Reflectivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.18561

Filename

18561