Saturation effects in phase-conjugate lasers

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · J. Opt. Soc. Am.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.73.000594· OSTI ID:5781157

Hardy, A; Silberberg, Y

Phase-conjugate lasers with saturable gain medium are analyzed, taking into account the saturation of the reflectivity of the phase-conjugate mirror that is due to pump depletion. It is shown that the behavior of the laser is determined by the extent to which the reflectivity is saturated as compared with the saturation of the gain medium. For weakly saturated phase-conjugate mirrors, the intensities and gain are not much different from those in conventional lasers. For strongly saturated mirrors, the laser behaves more like a single-pass amplifier with output intensity proportional to the pump intensity of the phase-conjugate mirror.

• Research Organization: Department of Electronics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
• OSTI ID: 5781157
• Journal Information: J. Opt. Soc. Am.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Opt. Soc. Am.; (United States) Vol. 73:5; ISSN JOSAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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