Observation of resonantly enhanced degenerate four-wave mixing in doped alkali halides
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 5 (4) , 169-171
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.5.000169
Abstract
We describe the first reported observation of resonantly enhanced phase conjugation through degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) in doped alkali halides. We also describe the first reported quantitative comparison of the resonant DFWM process in the infrared with the theory of Abrams and Lind [Opt. Lett. 2, 94 (1978); 3, 205 (1978)]. The comparison for small values of α0L is shown to be excellent. For α0L in excess of 3, experiment and theory diverge because of pump attenuation by the resonant medium.Keywords
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