Wave distortion correction and optical bistability in a nonlinear medium near phase-conjugate mirror

Timo A. Laine; Ari T. Friberg

doi:10.1117/12.358369

6 July 1999 Wave distortion correction and optical bistability in a nonlinear medium near phase-conjugate mirror

Timo A. Laine, Ari T. Friberg

Proceedings Volume 3572, 3rd Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 6th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.358369
Event: 3rd Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 6th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, 1998, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Abstract

Nonlinear optical properties in thin layers are investigated near a phase conjugate mirror. By using a rigorous electromagnetic theory of volume gratings the wave distortion correction by phase conjugation is examined in a nonlinear Kerr medium and Agarwal's theorem is numerically demonstrated. At specific incidence angles guided modes are formed inside the layered structure. When the nonlinearity is increased optical bistability is observed in waveguide resonances. An analytic solution is developed to explain the numerical data.

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Timo A. Laine and Ari T. Friberg "Wave distortion correction and optical bistability in a nonlinear medium near phase-conjugate mirror", Proc. SPIE 3572, 3rd Iberoamerican Optics Meeting and 6th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, (6 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.358369

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