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Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Eigenmodes of Kerr-type phase-conjugate mirrors

Erik J. Bochove

Published Oct 1, 1984• 3 citations
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Abstract

The equivalence of the reflection-invariant modes of an imperfect phase-conjugate mirror to the transverse modes of a particular type of optical cavity is demonstrated. The reflection-invariant modes are shown to satisfy an approximate minimum-volume condition when the pump and the probe beams are well aligned.
DOI
10.1364/josab.1.000756

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