The orthogonality properties of the transverse eigenmodes of optical resonators which have phase conjugate mirrors at both ends are derived. As in conventional resonators and also resonators with only one phase conjugate mirror, it is shown that the transverse eigenmodes are essentially biorthogonal, a relation which is satisfied between the set of modes propagating in one direction around the resonator and the adjoint set of modes propagating in the reverse direction.

IEEE Journal of Quantum ElectronicsDec 1, 19871 citation

Demonstration of a phase conjugate resonator using degenerate four-wave mixing via coherent population trapping in rubidium

X. Xia, D. S. Hsiung, Timothy T. Grove +1 more

Optical phase conjugation (OPC) is of interest for many applications such as optical resonators, high speed turbulence correction, and the production of the squeezed vacuum state. In the interest of practical implementation of OPC, the simplest method is to produce a phase conjugate mirror (PCM). In the work we have used the PCM as well as the gain associated with the OPC to form a ring laser.

Nonlinear OpticsNov 27, 20020 citations