Phase locking via Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing phase conjugation
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Inst. of Optics
The authors show that it is possible to control with good accuracy the relative phase of several conjugate beams for a properly designed Brillouin-enhanced four-wave-mixing phase conjugation system. Three geometries, two that utilize two Brillouin cells and another that requires only one Brillouin cell, that achieve conjugate phase control are studied and many properties of each system are examined. They show that for the high-power laser application the one-cell geometry performs as well as or better than the other geometry. Phase control is shown to be useful for beam combination, vector phase conjugation, and optical path selection. A laser system that utilizes the one-cell geometry to enhance its performance is built and examined.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 638388
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 34; ISSN 0018-9197; ISSN IEJQA7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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