Nonlinear microwave optics in liquid suspensions of shaped microparticles

Author

Rogovin, D. ; McGraw, R. ; Ho, W. ; Shih, R. ; Fetterman, H.R. ; Bobbs, Bradley

Author_Institution

Rockwell Sci. Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

Volume

40

Issue

9

fYear

1992

fDate

9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1780

Lastpage

1788

Abstract

The use of shaped microparticle suspension for such active processes as phase conjugate via degenerate four-wave mixing at microwave and millimeter wavelengths is addressed. The theoretical method used to describe the interaction of shaped microparticles with coherent radiation is outlined. The generation of up to 250 mW phase conjugate radiation in a medium composed of rod-shaped carbon fibers suspended in a passive fluid dielectric that is maintained in a waveguide is reported. The theory for the nonlinear optical behavior of shaped particle suspensions is shown to be in excellent agreement with the available experimental data

Keywords

microwave generation; multiwave mixing; optical phase conjugation; suspensions; 250 mW; C fibres; active processes; coherent radiation; degenerate four-wave mixing; liquid suspensions; millimeter wavelengths; nonlinear microwave optics; passive fluid dielectric; phase conjugate radiation; rod-shaped carbon fibers; shaped microparticles; waveguide; Dielectrics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Millimeter wave technology; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber theory; Optical mixing; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Suspensions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.156605

Filename

156605