On the finesse of a phase-conjugate Fabry-Perot resonator using nearly-degenerate four-wave mixing

K. Ujihara; P. Meystre

doi:10.1016/0030-4018(85)90260-3

On the finesse of a phase-conjugate Fabry-Perot resonator using nearly-degenerate four-wave mixing

K. Ujihara, P. Meystre

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We consider a Fabry-Perot cavity in which one of the mirrors is a phase-conjugate mirror (PCM) using near-degenerate four-wave mixing. We show that when taking pump depletion into account, the divergence in finesse of the resonator predicted by linear theories for a resonator round trip gain approaching unity is eliminated. The saturation of the finesse as a function of pump intensity leads to a new kind of bistability in the transmission characteristics of the system.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	48-52
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	53
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4018(85)90260-3
State	Published - Feb 1 1985

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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