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Self-pumped phase conjugate mirror using the divergent spherical wave

Shigenobu Kakuno, Takaaki Mukai, Naoki Iwasaki, Makoto Inoue, Daisuke Miyazaki

Published Sep 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate phase conjugate wave generation using divergent spherical wave, for the first time, in semiconductor gain medium. We find that the phase conjugate reflectivity increases with an increase in optical feedback power.
DOI
10.1109/ipcon.2013.6656593

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