Abstract
When the phase-conjugate replica of an optical beam is generated by traditional four-wave mixing with external pumping beams, the frequency of the phase-conjugate beam is fixed by the frequencies of the three input beams. In self-pumped phase conjugation, there is only one input beam, and the frequency of the output beam is free to roam. In photorefractive materials, this frequency difference between the incident and output beams is typically a few hertz. We present a method for controlling this frequency shift in the self-pumped phase-conjugate mirror that uses a ring configuration1 in photorefractive barium titanate. We show that two-beam coupling of an additional control beam with either of the optical beams already present in the ring cavity can alter the frequency of the phase-conjugate beam. We show that the control beam can alter the nonreciprocal phase shift2 of light propagating around the ring and thereby alter the frequency of the phase-conjugate beam. We also calculate the magnitude and the sign of the expected frequency shift as a function of the intensity, direction, and frequency of this control beam.
© 1986 Optical Society of America
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