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Phase conjugation in an optical fibre

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We report experimental studies of phase conjugation by stimulated Mandelstam Brillouin scattering in multimode fibres. A dramatic decrease in the threshold power as compared to that (104 to 105 W) typically observed in conventional media was achieved. A ruby pulsed pump with ∼ 500-ns pulses was used. For the 7-m-long fibre, the threshold power was ≈ 50 W, the degree of phase conjugation was almost one, the pump-to-Stokes conversion efficiency was about 80%. For the 130-m-long fibre, the threshold power decreased to ≈ 10 W and the pump-to-Stokes conversion efficiency reached 100%. Polarization scrambling was observed in the 130-m-long fibre, but the Stokes wave with polarization coinciding with that of the pump wave was a phase-conjugate replica of the pump, as before.

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  1. A. F. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 194021, Leningrad, USSR

    E. A. Kuzin, M. P. Petrov & B. E. Davydenko

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Kuzin, E.A., Petrov, M.P. & Davydenko, B.E. Phase conjugation in an optical fibre. Opt Quant Electron 17, 393–397 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619565

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