• DocumentCode
    833913
  • Title

    Conical emissions and phase conjugation in atomic sodium vapor

  • Author

    Pender, John ; Hesselink, Lambertus

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    395
  • Lastpage
    402
  • Abstract
    Observations of a new type of conical emission in atomic sodium provide the motivation for a series of phase conjugation experiments. These experiments show large variations in the reflectivity as a function of probe angle, which are not explained by existing theory. Analysis which includes self-induced refractive index changes leads to numerical calculations, which agree well with the observations
  • Keywords
    atomic spectra; optical phase conjugation; sodium; atomic Na; conical emission; numerical calculations; phase conjugation experiments; self-induced refractive index changes; Fires; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical refraction; Pump lasers; Reflectivity; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.18554
  • Filename
    18554