Self-pumped phase conjugation with femtosecond pulses by use of BaTiO(3)

Opt Lett. 1996 Aug 1;21(15):1168-70. doi: 10.1364/ol.21.001168.

Abstract

Self-pumped phase conjugation is generally believed to be attributed to degenerate four-wave mixing. Accordingly, the phenomenon requires the existence of three waves at certain interaction regions for the excitation of the fourth one. Although this condition is not satisfied by a train of femtosecond pulses with a repetition rate of 110 MHz, we have observed self-pumped conjugate pulses retroref lected by a BaTiO(3) crystal. The conjugate character of the pulses is demonstrated with the distorter method.