Efficient and fast optical phase conjugation by use of two-photon-induced gratings in the orientation of angular momentum.

abstract

• Optical phase conjugation (OPC) is of interest for many applications. The generation of squeezed light, phase-conjugate mirrors, optical correlation, and turbulence correction would all benefit from improved OPC performance. Using Zeeman sublevels and cross-circularly polarized light in rubidium vapor, we demonstrate an OPC process that uses very low power (30 mW) but is still very fast (60 ns) and efficient (gain of 20). This process is generic enough to be applicable to almost any resonant medium.

authors

• Hemmer, Philip

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Grove, T. T., Rousseau, E., Xia, X. W., Hsiung, D. S., Shahriar, M. S., & Hemmer, P. R.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• Grove, TT||Rousseau, E||Xia, XW||Hsiung, DS||Shahriar, MS||Hemmer, PR

publication date

• November 1997

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 0205 Optical Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 18188332

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ol.22.001677

start page

• 1677

end page

• 1679

volume

• 22

issue

• 22

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001677