Amplified reflection in degenerate four-wave mixing: a more-accurate theory
Abstract
A theory of amplified reflection in degenerate four-wave mixing is presented which includes Gaussian intensity distribution in the incoming beams and different intensities for the two pumping beams. A set of two-level atoms is considered, and it is assumed that the detuning from resonance is sufficiently large so that absorption can be neglected. In the Kerr limit, an analytical solution is obtained which may elucidate previous experimental observations.
- Publication:
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Optics Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1364/OL.8.000614
- Bibcode:
- 1983OptL....8..614G
- Keywords:
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- Light Beams;
- Optical Pumping;
- Optical Reflection;
- Signal Mixing;
- Wave Amplification;
- Wave Interaction;
- Nonlinear Optics;
- Optical Resonance;
- Plane Waves;
- Radial Distribution;
- Radiation Distribution;
- Lasers and Masers