Observation of Image Transfer and Phase Conjugation in Stimulated Down-Conversion

P. H. Souto Ribeiro; D. P. Caetano; M. P. Almeida; J. A. Huguenin; B. Coutinho dos Santos; A. Z. Khoury

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.133602

Observation of Image Transfer and Phase Conjugation in Stimulated Down-Conversion

P. H. Souto Ribeiro, D. P. Caetano, M. P. Almeida, J. A. Huguenin, B. Coutinho dos Santos, and A. Z. Khoury

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 133602 – Published 10 September 2001

Abstract

We observe experimentally the transfer of angular spectrum and image formation in the process of stimulated parametric down-conversion. Images and interference patterns can be transferred from either the pump or the auxiliary laser beams to the stimulated down-converted one. The stimulated field propagates as the complex conjugate of the auxiliary laser. The phase conjugation is observed through intensity pattern measurements.