Phase conjugation in a continuous wave diode-pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser

Author

Brignon, A. ; Loiseau, L. ; Larat, C. ; Huignard, J.-P. ; Pocholle, J.-P.

Author_Institution

Central Res. Lab., Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

547

Abstract

Summary form only given. In recent years, phase conjugation by degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) in saturable gain media has been the subject of intense investigation for applications to dynamic holography and laser architectures with intracavity phase distortion compensation. The authors demonstrate, for the first time to their knowledge, cw DFWM and dynamic holography in a compact, easy-to-handle diode-pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ gain medium. Since the laser itself is used as the nonlinear mirror, no additional gain medium is needed and the counterpropagating pump beams are automatically provided by laser oscillation.

Keywords

holography; laser mirrors; multiwave mixing; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; solid lasers; CW diode-pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; counterpropagating pump beams; degenerate four-wave mixing; dynamic holography; image reconstruction; intracavity phase distortion compensation; nonlinear mirror; output mirror reflectivity; phase conjugation; saturable gain media; Diode lasers; Holography; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Mirrors; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834574

Filename

834574