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Simultaneous wave-front and polarization conjugation of picosecond optical pulses by stimulated Rayleigh-wing
Optics Letters
|September 23, 2009
Abstract:
Using phase conjugation by stimulated Rayleigh-wing scattering (SRWS) in carbon disulfide, we have observed simultaneous correction of wave-front and polarization distortions. SRWS was excited by pulses of 20-psec duration containing as much as 15 microJ of energy at a wavelength of 0.53 microm and produced phase-conjugate reflectivities as large as 10%.
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