• DocumentCode
    833886
  • Title

    Probe beam amplification and phase conjugation self-oscillation in a Kerr medium

  • Author

    Khoo, Iam-Choon ; Zhao, Yang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    368
  • Lastpage
    372
  • Abstract
    In a highly-nonlinear thin Ker medium, the intersection of a strong pump beam and a much weaker probe beam produces a sizeable diffracted beam whose presence changes both the transmitted probe beam gain and the phase conjugation self-oscillation thresholds. An analytical calculation of these effects involving degenerate multiwave mixing processes is presented.<>
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; optical phase conjugation; degenerate multiwave mixing processes; diffracted beam; highly-nonlinear thin Ker medium; phase conjugation self-oscillation thresholds; probe beam; probe beam amplification; pump beam; transmitted probe beam gain; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Liquid crystals; Multiwave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical diffraction; Photorefractive materials; Probes; Reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.18551
  • Filename
    18551