Applied Physics Letters

Optical pulse chirp modification in degenerate four-wave mixing at finite pump powers

Richard C. Shockley

Published Jun 1, 1982• 5 citations

Abstract

Exact solutions of the linearized transient envelope equations for degenerate four-wave mixing in a finite-length cell show that reflection coefficients near unity severely restrict the conditions under which chirp reversal occurs, and can lead to nulls in the amplitude of the reflected and transmitted fields.

DOI: 10.1063/1.92982

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