title: Phase-conjugate resonators with intracavity amplitude perturbations.
abstract: A numerical analysis was carried out to compare the performance of phase-conjugate resonators with that of conventional resonators in the presence of amplitude perturbations. It is shown that, for low levels of perturbation, phase-conjugate resonators display lower diffraction losses and give better phase front matching at the conventional mirror surface. As the level of the disturbance is increased, these superior properties of phase-conjugate mirror resonators are diminished.
authors.affiliation: Weizmann Institute of Science, Electronics Department, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hochhauser