THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MODES OF OPTICAL RESONATORS WITH PHASE-CONJUGATE MIRRORS

被引:103
作者
AUYEUNG, J
FEKETE, D
PEPPER, DM
YARIV, A
机构
[1] California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
[2] Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu
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D O I
10.1109/JQE.1979.1069906
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present an analysis of resonator properties for a cavity bounded by a phase conjugate mirror, which is generated by a degenerate four-wave nonlinear optical interaction. Using a ray matrix formalism to describe the conjugate mirror, resonator stability conditions are derived. Longitudinal and transverse mode characteristics are discussed. Results are compared with an experiment where laser oscillation was observed at 6943 Å using carbon disulfide as the nonlinear interacting medium comprising the phase conjugate mirror. Copyright © 1979 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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页码:1180 / 1188
页数:9
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