Title :
Laser mirror by degenerate four-wave mixing in a saturable amplifier
Author :
Ouhayoun, Michel ; Guern, Yves
Author_Institution :
Société Anonyme de Télécommunications, Paris, France
fDate :
11/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A phase conjugate mirror by degenerate four-wave mixing in a saturable gain medium has been successfully operated in a pulsed laser cavity. This mirror works with low-intensity pump beams when they are resonant with the nonlinear medium. The pump beams can thus be delivered by a continuous-wave, frequency stable laser of low power. In such a device, the pulsed laser emission displays automatic frequency locking to the pump waves without cavity length stabilization.
Keywords :
Laser stability; Optical mixers; Optical resonance; Pulsed lasers; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Resonance;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1986.1072920
