EFFECT OF THERMAL SELF-DEFOCUSING OF DEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING IN ABSORBING MEDIA

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.

authors

• Rentzepis, Peter

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

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Applied Physics Letters  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.110903

start page

• 1

end page

• 3

volume

• 64

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.110903