Abstract

A theory for oscillation in an optical resonator with photorefractive gain was formulated. The threshold conditions for the oscillation were also obtained. The result, applicable to a whole class of new devices, is a prediction for an oscillation frequency different from that of the pump beam.

© 1985 Optical Society of America

Frequency shift and cavity length in photorefractive resonators

M. D. Ewbank and P. Yeh
Opt. Lett. 10(10) 496-498 (1985)

Theory of unidirectional photorefractive ring oscillators

Pochi Yeh
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2(12) 1924-1928 (1985)

Self-induced coherent oscillations with photorefractive Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ amplifier

H. Rajbenbach and J. P. Huignard
Opt. Lett. 10(3) 137-139 (1985)

Theory of multimode operation of a unidirectional ring oscillator having photorefractive gain: weak-field limit

Dana Z. Anderson and R. Saxena
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4(2) 164-176 (1987)

Nondegenerate optical oscillation in a resonator formed by two phase-conjugate mirrors

Mark Cronin-Golomb, Baruch Fischer, Sze-Keung Kwong, Jeffrey O. White, and Amnon Yariv
Opt. Lett. 10(7) 353-355 (1985)