Published December 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Optical phase conjugation for time-domain undoing of dispersive self-phase-modulation effects

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

Description

We show that the temporal distortion and spectral broadening of a pulse generated by the combined effects of group-velocity dispersion and self-phase modulation is removed by reflection of a cw-pumped, broadband, unity-reflecting Kerr-like optical phase conjugator followed by retraversal of the nonlinear medium. We also examine numerically the effects of finite linear loss in the material, of nonunity conjugate reflectivity, and of finite conjugator thickness

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Opt. Lett.
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
12
Series
Opt. Lett.
Journal Page Range
611-613
ISSN
0146-9592

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15050400
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
FIBER OPTICS; KERR EFFECT; MODULATION; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPTICS; PULSE TECHNIQUES; REFLECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION
Descriptors DEC
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES