Abstract

The double phase-conjugate mirror is an oscillator in the framework of the one-dimensional theoretical model previously used for its description. Results of a more consistent two-dimensional approach qualitatively differ from those of a one-dimensional analysis, indicating that the double phase-conjugate mirror is a convective amplifier. The correct physical picture of the scattering development is revealed, and the transverse profiles of scattered beams and the dynamics of nonlinear reflectivity are calculated.

© 1991 Optical Society of America

Double phase-conjugate mirror: two-dimensional analysis

V. V. Eliseev, V. T. Tikhonchuk, and A. A. Zozulya
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 8(12) 2497-2504 (1991)

Double phase-conjugate mirror: to oscillate, or not to oscillate?

Kenneth D. Shaw
Opt. Lett. 20(15) 1610-1612 (1995)

Stationary states of two coupled double phase-conjugate mirrors

V. T. Tikhonchuk, M. G. Zhanuzakov, and A. A. Zozulya
Opt. Lett. 16(5) 288-290 (1991)

Double phase-conjugate mirror: convection and diffraction

A. A. Zozulya, M. Saffman, and D. Z. Anderson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12(2) 255-264 (1995)

Effects of laser coherence on coupling efficiency for the double phase-conjugate mirror

Mark T. Gruneisen, Edward D. Seeberger, John F. Mileski, and Karl Koch
Opt. Lett. 16(8) 596-598 (1991)