Optical phase conjunction
By: edited by Robert A. Fisher
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 636
ISBN-13: 9780323140119
Subjects: Optical phase conjugation; Nonlinear optics; Backscattering; Photon echoes; SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light
Description: This book appears at a time of intense activity in optical phase conjugation. We chose not to await the maturation of the field, but instead to provide this material in time to be useful in its development. We have tried very hard to elucidate and interrelate the various nonlinear phenomena which can be used for optical phase conjugation.
Notes: Chapter 10. Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing in Semiconductors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Optical Phase Conjugation; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; I. What Is Phase Conjugation and What Does It Do?; II. Notation and Systems of Units; III. The Wave Equation and Its Reduction to the Slowly Varying Envelope Approximation (SVEA) Form; IV. Material Nonlinearities and Their Coupling of Optical Waves; V. The Distortion-Undoing Properties of a Phase-Conjugate Wave; VI. Review Material on Optical Phase Conjugation; VII. Historical Overview; References.; title: Chapter 2. Optical Phase Conjugation Using Three-Wave and Four-Wave Mixing via Elastic Photon Scattering in Transparent MediaI. Introduction; II. Theoretical Formalism of Optical Phase Conjugation in Transparent Media; III. Experimental Studies of Optical Phase Conjugation via Elastic Photon Scattering; IV. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 3. Transient Response of Kerr-like Phase Conjugators I. Introduction; II. The Transient Formalism for cw-Pumped Conjugators; III. Examples of Reshaping in cw-Pumped Conjugators; IV. The Inverse Problem for cw-Pumped Conjugators.; title: V. Transient PumpingVI. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4. Improvements upon the Simple Theory of Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing; I. Introduction; II. Linearized Equations for DFWM in Isotropic Media; III. Approximate Theory for the Direct-Coupled Waves; IV. DFWM with Cross-Coupled Waves; V. Difficulties with the Nonlinear Theory; VI. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5. Phase Conjugation by Four-Wave Mixing in a Waveguide; I. Introduction; II. Theory of Degenerate Mixing; III. Degenerate Experiments; IV. Nondegenerate Case; V. Summary; Acknowledgment; References.; title: Chapter 6. Experimental Investigation of Wave-Front Reversai under Stimulated ScatteringI. Introduction; II. Physical Mechanism of WFR-SS; III. Quantitative Experimental Techniques; IV. Investigation of Reversed Waves; V. WFR of Weak Signals against the Noise Background and Amplification of Uncorrelated Waves; VI. WFR in Focused Beams; VII. WFR for Other Mechanisms of Amplification in the Field of Nonuniform Pumping; VIII. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Backscattering; I. Introduction.; title: II. Phase Conjugation by Stimulated Scattering: ExperimentIII. Theory; IV. Summary; References; Chapter 8. Phase Conjugation and High-Resoiution Spectroscopy by Resonant Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing; I. Introduction; II. Single-Photon Transitions; III. Two-Photon Resonances; IV. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9. Phase Conjugation from Nonlinear Photon Echoes; I. Introduction; II. Photon Echo in a Two-Level System; III. Phase Conjugation by Photon Echoes; IV. Conjugate Echoes in Gaseous Media; V. Conclusion; References.