IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Diagrammatical analysis of phase conjugation using four- and three-wave mixing processes in Kerr-like nonsaturated media

M. C. Gower

Published Mar 1, 1985• 7 citations

Abstract

Double-sided Feynman diagrams, which trace the evolution of the density operator in time during a nonlinear optical interaction, are used to analyze the processes of four- and three-wave mixing which lead to the production of phase conjugate waves.

DOI: 10.1109/jqe.1985.1072637

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