Laser-beam cleanup using photorefractive two-wave mixing and optical phase conjugation

Using photorefractive two-wave mixing in a strontium barium niobate (Sr(x)Ba(1-x)Nb(2)O(6)) crystal in conjunction with a self-pumped barium titanate (BaTiO(3)) phase conjugator, we have demonstrated the cleanup of a phase-distorted laser beam. A clean seed beam is amplified by the phase-aberrated p...

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Published in:Optics letters 1986-07, Vol.11 (7), p.461-463
Main Authors: CHIOU, A. E, YEH, P
Format: Article
Language:English
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Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonlinear optics
Optics
Physics
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Summary:Using photorefractive two-wave mixing in a strontium barium niobate (Sr(x)Ba(1-x)Nb(2)O(6)) crystal in conjunction with a self-pumped barium titanate (BaTiO(3)) phase conjugator, we have demonstrated the cleanup of a phase-distorted laser beam. A clean seed beam is amplified by the phase-aberrated pump beam through the photorefractive two-wave mixing process. The optical phase conjugation is used to eliminate the phase aberration introduced by the photorefractive gain medium.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.11.000461