Phase conjugation through two-photon resonant nondegenerate four-wave mixing

The theory of nondegenerate four-wave mixing is described for the case wherein the counter-propagating pump waves are in two-photon resonance with the nonlinear medium. In contrast to the one-photon case, the reflection bandpass is found to be mainly determined by the phase-matching requirement. The variation of the phase-conjugate reflectivity with the pump intensity and pump detuning is considered. The effect of the intensity-dependent Stark shift on the phase-conjugation efficiency is discussed in some detail.     

Optical phase conjugation by resonant degenerate four-wave mixing in liquid phase medium

In this paper, frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser's phase conjugation has been investigated experimentally using resonant degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM). The iodine solution was used as resonant medium. In this way, the energy of the DFWM phase conjugation beam arrived at 43μJ/pulse while the total pump beam's energy reached 8mJ/pulse. The relation between the pulse energy of the DFWM phase conjugation beam and that of the pump beam was investigated. We also measured the optical field distributions of pump beam and DFWM phase conjugation beam, from which it can be noticed that the DFWM phase conjugation can improve the laser beam quality. At the same time, we observed the influence of the pump beam's disturbance on the DFWM signal.     

Phase conjugation in fluorescein film by degenerate four-wave mixing and holographic process

Phase conjugation is performed in a fluorescein film by a cw Ar ion laser of the wavelength 0.488 μm in a degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) configuration. It becomes apparent that the phase conjugate wave is generated simultaneously by not only DFWM but also a holographic process and that the DFWM and holographic components of the phase conjugate wave have different time constants.     

Review of four-wave mixing and phase conjugation in plasmas

Four-wave mixing (FWM) in plasmas and its applications to phase conjugation (PC) and plasma diagnostics have been extensively studied. Plasmas have received considerable attention, since they become more efficient four-wave mixing and phase conjugation mediums at longer wavelengths (far-infrared ~10 μm to radiowave ~10 m) for which there are few other nonlinear mediums. In addition, FWM shows great potential as a plasma diagnostic. Recent advances in the experimental and theoretical study of FWM and PC in plasmas are reviewed     

Nd:YAG激光在单晶硅中的四波混频相位共轭

以单晶硅作非线性介质,用调Q脉冲Nd:YAG激光作四渡混频,获得了相位共轭反射光波.从光激发电子-空穴对浓度及其所产生的相位光栅出发,理论计算了相位共轭镜的反射率.实验获得的共轭镜反射率为125%,并与实验中显示了其对相位干扰的补偿特性.     

A tunable narrowband optical filter via phase conjugation by nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a doppler-broadened resonant medium

The formulation of phase conjugation via nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a Doppler-broadened resonant medium is generalized to include nondegenerate pump frequencies. This process is shown capable of yielding a tunable optical band-pass filter whose central frequency can be tuned over the entire Doppler profile with only a small degradation of the filter efficiency while still maintaining a bandwidth limited by the homogeneous linewidth.     

Study of non-linear optical phase conjugation in Ca by resonant degenerate four-wave mixing via bound excited states

. The dependence of the reflectivity on the vapour density, the buffer gas pressure and the pump beams intensity was investigated. The influence of the strong linear absorption was taken into account in a theoretical model that led to a satisfactory interpretation of the experimental results. A maximum reflectivity of 46% was measured under optimized conditions. The effect was also studied through the high-lying bound states . The maximum measured reflectivity was as high as for the first excited state. The effect of the oscillator strength on the reflectivity was demonstrated experimentally and interpreted with the help of a simple theoretical model. Received: 11 June 1996     

Doppler-free spectroscopy and wave-front conjugation by four-wave mixing of nonmonochromatic waves

A new technique to determine the natural and collision width of Doppler-broadened two-photon transitions is shown. The method consists of using the pump with the spectral width considerably exceeding the Doppler one of the transition. Feasibility of effective wave front conjugation is shown for the case of radiation with a large spectral width.     

Phase regulated suppression and enhancement switches of four-wave mixing and fluorescence

We experimentally study the phase regulated switch between elcctromagnctically induced trans- parency and electromagmetically induced absorption in probe transmission signal and the conver- sion between enhancement and suppression in four-wave mixing and fluorescence signals for the first time. By changing the relative phase, electromagnetically induced transparency can be eonverted into electromagnetically induced absorption. In this process, the conversion from suppression to enhancement is also obtained in four-wave mixing and fluorescence signals. This research can be applied in non-linear optical device like optical switch and optical wavelength convertor.     

Effect of partial coherence on four-wave mixing in photorefractive materials via reflection grating approximation

We investigate the effect of beam coherence on four-wave mixing via reflection gratings in photorefractive media. For the case of phase conjugation, the results of our theoretical analysis indicate that partial coherence always leads to a drop of signal gain and phase conjugate reflectivity in non-depleted cases. In general, the mutual coherence of the signal beam and the pump beam can be enhanced due to the process of wave mixing. The mutual coherence of the phase conjugate beam and one of the pump beams depends on the beam intensity ratio as well as the optical path difference. This is distinctly different from the four-wave mixing case with a transmission grating. Received: 15 October 1999 / Revised version: 26 June 2000 / Published online: 7 February 2001     

Focusing effects in nonlinear resonant four-wave mixing (RFWM) MIR and FIR generation

Summary The influence of pump beam geometry in a NH₃ superradiant Raman FIR laser with RFWM generation of MIR emission has been analysed. We have observed that, in general, MIR radiation is emitted in a stimulated configuration, so pump and MIR beam overlap is basically important to exhibit an efficient RFWM. In particular, strong focusing, also in the presence of self-focusing, shows a lowering of the threshold of Raman FIR emission, as expected, plus a reduction of RFWM MIR emission. COMB-Arrich., CRE Frascati.     

Comparative analysis of multi-wave mixing and measurements of the higher-order nonlinearities in resonant media

The features of degenerate multi-wave mixing in resonant media (dye solutions) have been studied theoretically and experimentally. It has been demonstrated that thermal nonlinearity due to the induced absorption from the excited level contributes significantly to the efficiency of four-wave mixing, but results in lower efficiency of higher-order interactions. The measurement results obtained for the energy efficiency of four-, six- and eight-wave mixing enable calculations of the third-, fifth- and seventh-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities, respectively. Experimentally, the method proposed for measurements of the higher-order nonlinearities has been realized with the use of the multi-wave mixing at second harmonic λ = 532 nm of monopulse YAG:Nd³⁺ laser radiation in a Rhodamine 6G dye solution. The ratios ∣χ⁽⁵⁾∣/∣χ⁽³⁾∣ and ∣χ⁽⁷⁾∣/∣χ⁽⁵⁾∣ are determined to be of the order of 10⁻⁵ cm³/erg.     

Study on optical nonlinearities of ZnO-Nb2O5-TeO2 glass with time-resolved four-wave mixing technique

We investigated nonlinear optical properties of ZnO-Nb2O5-TeO2 glass excited by a femtosecond laser with time-resolved four-wave mixing (FWM) technique. The unusual FWM signals were observed in samples with ZnO dopant. The mechanism for the optical nonlinearities was discussed.     

Estimation of thermal expansion and thermal conductivity coefficients of amorphous dielectrics at high temperatures

Expressions for estimation of the thermal linear expansion coefficients and of the thermal conductivities of amorphous dielectrics above the Debye temperature are obtained. It is shown that for the compounds of the chemical composition corresponding to the rare-earth magnesium hexaaluminates taken as an example these parameters for amorphous compounds are less than for polycrystalline.     

A selection equilibrium theory for “stimulated photorefractive backscattering and four-wave mixing” self-pumped phase conjugation

Received: 7 March 1997/Revised version: 21 July 1997     

Quantum interference and Manley-Rowe relations in resonant four-wave frequency mixing in an optically thick Doppler-broadened medium

It is shown that under resonant interaction conditions certain notions in nonlinear optics which are based on the Manley-Rowe relations no longer hold because of the interference of elementary quantum-mechanical processes. This conclusion is illustrated by numerical examples corresponding to the experiments performed. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 69, No. 12, 862–866 (25 June 1999)     

Phase-conjugate reflection by degenerate four-wave mixing in the range of organic dye absorption and emission bands

The phase conjugation peculiarities by degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) in organic dyes is studied theoretically. The analysis of the DFWM process is presented taking into account a Stokes shift of emission and absorption bands. The effect of dye solution heating on the phase-conjugate reflectivity is estimated.     

Contribution of resonance medium amplitude and phase modulation to the effectiveness of phase conjugation by degenerate four-wave mixing

The contribution of amplitude and phase modulation to the energetic efficiency of wavefront conjugation (WFC) under degenerate four-wave mixing is studied in resonant media simulated by a two- or a three-level scheme. It is shown that a WFC-mirror of reflectivityR higher than unity may be achieved only in the presence of the medium phase modulation. Optimum conditions for obtaining high-efficiency (R>1) WFC are defined.     

Mn：KNSBN晶体中弱入射光高反射率四波混频相位共轭

功率为1mW左右的He-Ne激光束在Mn:KNSBN晶体中实现四波混频相位共轭。入射光相对于晶体主光轴的取向及入射光偏振组态对相位共轭反射率都有很大的影响。当物光近于布儒斯特角入射时,反射率可达60％。建立时间约为60sec的光折变光栅具有18hr左右的寿命。晶体中观察到诱导四波混频相位共轭。