Photorefractive phase conjugation with orthogonally polarized pumping beams.
We solve the undepleted-pumps photorefractive four-wave mixing equations for the case of orthogonally polarized pump beams. Advantages over the parallel-polarized-pumps case include the potential for reflectivity enhancement and easy isolation of the conjugator from the source. The phase-conjugate reflectivities for both the parallel and orthogonally polarized pump beam cases were measured with a BaTiO3 crystal, and the results support our theoretical predictions.
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Electro-Optics Technology Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA.
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Biernacki
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Cronin-Golomb
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