Amnon Yariv, David M. Pepper
Abstract
A number of new optical effects that result from degenerate four-wave mixing in transparent optical media are proposed and analyzed. The applications are relevant to time-reversed (phase-conjugated) propagation as well as to a new mode of parametric oscillation.
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A number of new optical effects that result from degenerate four-wave mixing in transparent optical media are proposed and analyzed. The applications are relevant to time-reversed (phase-conjugated) propagation as well as to a new mode of parametric oscillation.
Key concepts: Phase conjugation, Four-wave mixing, Optics, Mixing (physics), Degenerate energy levels, Oscillation (cell signaling), Reflection (computer programming), Phase (matter)