Open AccessSpectral phase conjugation with cross-phase modulation compensation
Author(s) -
Mankei Tsang,
Demetri Psaltis
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.12.002207
Subject(s) - phase conjugation , optics , phase modulation , phase (matter) , cross phase modulation , modulation (music) , self phase modulation , compensation (psychology) , nonlinear optics , materials science , physics , phase noise , laser , acoustics , psychology , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis
Spectral phase conjugation with short pump pulses in a third-order nonlinear material is analyzed in depth. It is shown that if signal amplification is considered, the conversion efficiency can be significantly higher than previously considered, while the spectral phase conjugation operation remains accurate. A novel method of compensating for cross-phase modulation, the main parasitic effect, is also proposed. The validity of our theory and the performance of the spectral phase conjugation scheme are studied numerically.