Optical multistability and phase conjugation fidelity in a high-birefringence optical fiber
- 24 August 1987
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 51 (8) , 555-557
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98345
Abstract
We derive an exact solution including pump depletion of collinear four-wave mixing in a birefringent Kerr medium. We find mirrorless optical multistability for a linearly polarized backscattered signal with orthogonal pumps at cw power levels using a few meters of polarization-maintaining silica fiber. An expression for the nonlinear phase distortion of ideal phase conjugation is obtained, showing a fundamental limitation to generating time-reversed wave fronts using Kerr nonlinearity.Keywords
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