Transient phase conjugation in Kerr media, photorefractive media, and plasmas: a comparison

Author

Papen, George C. ; Tataronis, John A. ; Saleh, Bahaa E A

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

Volume

25

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

540

Lastpage

549

Abstract

A general solution to a linearized transient problem is presented and is shown to be valid for Kerr materials, photorefractive materials, and plasmas. The solution is expressed in terms of a transfer function that relates the complex frequencies of the probe and the conjugate field. Using this solution, the parameters that govern the overall time behavior are identified and compared. These parameters are then used to discuss the distortion characteristics of the conjugate signal for each of the three materials.<>

Keywords

light propagation in plasma; optical Kerr effect; optical phase conjugation; optical transfer function; photorefractive effect; Kerr media; conjugate field; conjugate signal; distortion characteristics; photorefractive media; plasmas; time behavior; transfer function; transient phase conjugation; Distortion; Equations; Four-wave mixing; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Plasma materials processing; Probes; Steady-state; Transient analysis; Transient response;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.18567

Filename

18567