OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION IN LASER RESONATORS

C. Giuliano , R. Lind , T. O'Meara , G. Valley

The use of phase conjugating "mirrors" in oscillating optical structures has been a subject of recent interest, both experimentally and theoretically. One of the attractive features of a phase conjugate resonator, PCR, is its ability to provide an output wave whose wavefront depends only on the quality of the output coupler and is essentially independent of intracavity aberrations. Several concepts for PCR's will be presented in which either degenerate four-wave mixing or stimulated Brillouin scattering is employed as the phase conjugate mirror ; advantages and drawbacks of each will be discussed.

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C. Giuliano, R. Lind, T. O'Meara, G. Valley. OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION IN LASER RESONATORS. Journal de Physique Colloques, 1983, 44 (C2), pp.C2-45-C2-58. ⟨10.1051/jphyscol:1983208⟩. ⟨jpa-00222580⟩