OPTIMIZATION OF THE FIELD-OF-VIEW OF A BRILLOUIN-ENHANCED 4-WAVE-MIXING PHASE CONJUGATOR

被引:5
作者
ACKERMAN, JR [1 ]
LEBOW, PS [1 ]
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[1] USN,RES LAB,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
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10.1364/OL.19.002015
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A BrilIouin-enhanced four-wave mixing phase conjugator featuring a field of view that varies by approximately an order of magnitude, i.e., from 2 to 20 mrad, is described. We control this variable field of view by utilizing a slightly noncollinear pumping geometry and by adjusting the pump-pump frequency difference to optimize the phase mismatch for the overall process. A model that describes the interplay between frequency and geometry to the Brillouin-enhanced four-wave-mixing phase mismatch is found to predict the expandable field of view.
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