EFFECT OF THERMAL SELF-DEFOCUSING OF DEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING IN ABSORBING MEDIA Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The distortion of a phase conjugate wave produced by degenerate four wave mixing as a consequence of thermal self-defocusing is reported. The thermally induced refractive index changes cause modulation in the phase of the phase conjugate wave. The thermal self-defocusing effect may impose a limiting factor in high repetition rate nonlinear devices.

published proceedings

  • APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

  • TOMOV, I. V., & RENTZEPIS, P. M.

citation count

  • 24

complete list of authors

  • TOMOV, IV||RENTZEPIS, PM

publication date

  • January 1994