• DocumentCode
    1100676
  • Title

    Theory and applications of four-wave mixing in photorefractive media

  • Author

    Cronin-Golomb, Mark ; Fischer, Baruch ; White, Jeffrey O. ; Yariv, Amnon

  • Author_Institution
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    1/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    The development of a theory of four-wave mixing in photo-refractive crystals is described. This theory is solved in the undepleted pumps approximation with linear absorption and without using the undepleted pumps approximation for negligible absorption. Both the transmission and reflection gratings are treated individually. The results are used to analyze several photorefractive phase conjugate mirrors, yielding reflectivities and thresholds. The use of photorefractive crystals as optical distortion correction elements and experimental demonstrations of several of the passive phase conjugate mirrors are described.
  • Keywords
    Bibliographies; Optical mixers; Optical refraction; Absorption; Crystals; Four-wave mixing; Gratings; Linear approximation; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1984.1072267
  • Filename
    1072267