Polarization and spatial information recovery by modal dispersal and phase conjugation: properties and applications

Author

Tomita, Yasuo ; Yahalom, Ram ; Kyuma, Kazuo ; Yariv, Amnon ; Kwong, Norman Sze-Keung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

25

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

338

Abstract

Recent theoretical and experimental studies of polarization and spatial information recovery by modal dispersal and phase-conjugation are discussed. The fidelity of this phase-conjugation process as a function of input-beam launching conditions is discussed. Several new applications of the scheme which involve correction of nonreciprocal polarization distortions, correction of lossy amplitude distortions, phase-conjugate multimode fiber-optic interferometers and gyros, temporal data channeling between beams, and all-optical beam thresholding are described.<>

Keywords

light polarisation; optical information processing; optical phase conjugation; all-optical beam thresholding; gyros; input-beam launching conditions; lossy amplitude distortions; modal dispersal; nonreciprocal polarization distortions; phase conjugation; phase-conjugate multimode fiber-optic interferometers; polarisation recovery; spatial information recovery; temporal data channeling; Adaptive optics; Brillouin scattering; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Phase distortion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.18546

Filename

18546