Quenching and enhancement of an optical nonlinearity by a phase-conjugate mirror
The nonlinear polarizabilities of a two-level atom and a nonlinear oscillator in front of a resonant phase-conjugate mirror are calculated as functions of the mirror reflectivity. The effect of the mirror is to quench the nonlinearity of the two-level system and most anharmonic oscillators. In the c...
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| Published in | Optics letters Vol. 16; no. 11; p. 852 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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United States
01.06.1991
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| Summary: | The nonlinear polarizabilities of a two-level atom and a nonlinear oscillator in front of a resonant phase-conjugate mirror are calculated as functions of the mirror reflectivity. The effect of the mirror is to quench the nonlinearity of the two-level system and most anharmonic oscillators. In the case of a weakly anharmonic oscillator the nonlinear polarizability can be extremely large. |
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| ISSN: | 0146-9592 |
| DOI: | 10.1364/OL.16.000852 |