Incoherent light amplification and phase conjugation of four beams with a photorefractive crystal

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2079-2084

  Zhang, Liangmin ^a,b,c   Chen, Xiaojun ^a,d   Zhang, Wanlin ^a   Zhang, Guangyin ^a   Pan, Shihong ^a   Chen, Jun ^b   Shao, Zongshu ^b   Chen, Huanchu ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shandong University ^*

Author keywords

Mutually pumped phase conjugator; Photorefractive material; Photorefractive phase conjugation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342997624     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601363     Document Type: Article

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