The Principle of Phase Conjugation

Robert K. Tyson, Benjamin W. Frazier

Boris Ya Zel'dovich, Nikolai F. Pilipetsky, Vladimir V. Shkunov

Trevor J. Hall

Gaohang He

Zdeněk Bouchal, Jan Peřina

The vectorial phase conjugation is examined using both the operation of complex conjugation applied to the vector complex amplitudes of the electromagnetic field and the temporal reversion principle. The temporal reversibility is discussed for the free electromagnetic field and the phase-conjugate field generated in the four-wave mixing.

Zdeněk Bouchal, Jan Peřina

Applying the general concept of the vectorial phase conjugation based on the temporal reversion principle, the attainable fidelity of the phase-conjugate field generated in four-wave mixing in Kerr-like media is discussed. General results are obtained in the interaction model dealing with the electromagnetic plane waves of arbitrary polarizations.