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Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing and Phase Conjugation of Molecular Mid-IR Lasers Radiation in their Inverted Media.

А. А. Ионин, Michail G. Galushkin, А. А. Котков, Konstantin V. Mitin, L. A. Afanas’ev

Published Sep 1, 1996• 0 citations
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Abstract : This report results from a contract tasking P N Lebedev Physics Institute as follows: The contractor will perform in degenerate four wave mixing and phase conjugation of molecular mid-IR laser radiation in their inverted media. He will investigate the phase conjugation process for IR pulses of duration between 10 mic c and 1 msec. Analytical and numerical solutions of wave equations coupled with corresponding equations of the laser active medium and the inverted media will be used.

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