One-Wave Optical Phase Conjugation Mirror by Actively Coupling Arbitrary Light Fields into a Single-Mode Reflector

Phys Rev Lett. 2015 Oct 9;115(15):153902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.153902. Epub 2015 Oct 6.

Abstract

Rewinding the arrow of time via phase conjugation is an intriguing phenomenon made possible by the wave property of light. Here, we demonstrate the realization of a one-wave optical phase conjugation mirror using a spatial light modulator. An adaptable single-mode filter is created, and a phase-conjugate beam is then prepared by reverse propagation through this filter. Our method is simple, alignment free, and fast while allowing high power throughput in the time-reversed wave, which has not been simultaneously demonstrated before. Using our method, we demonstrate high throughput full-field light delivery through highly scattering biological tissue and multimode fibers, even for quantum dot fluorescence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / chemistry
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*
  • Phantoms, Imaging
  • Radio Waves
  • Scattering, Radiation