Title :
Investigation of retroreflection scheme for optical phase conjugation by degenerate four-wave mixing
Author :
Saltiel, S.M. ; Van Wonterghem, Bruno ; Dutton, Tracy E. ; Hutchinson, J.A. ; Rentzepis, Peter M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
fDate :
11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors present theoretical and experimental data which show that the value of the phase conjugate reflectivity of degenerate four-wave mixing depends on whether the retroreflection or counterpropagating schemes are used. It is also shown that the retroflection method may result in decay constants which are not related to the decay of the gratings formed in the nonlinear medium
Keywords :
optical phase conjugation; decay constants; degenerate four-wave mixing; optical phase conjugation; retroreflection scheme; Four-wave mixing; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Probes; Reflectivity;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
