Phase conjugation in stimulated scattering

B.Ya. Zel’dovich^a, b, N.F. Pilipetskii, V.V. Shkunov
^aUniversity Academic Division of Nonlinear Optics, Institute of Electro-Physics of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lenina 76, Chelyabinsk, 454010, Russian Federation
^bCollege of Optics and Photonics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, Florida, 32816-2700, USA

Various aspects of optical phase conjugation are discussed: the properties of the conjugate wave, its potential applications, the basic conjugation methods, and a brief history of the question. The theory for phase conjugation in stimulated scattering is set forth in detail. The basic experimental results on this conjugation method are also discussed in detail. Phase conjugation occurs because that configuration of the back-scattered field which has the conjugate wavefront is amplified to the greatest extent (at a doubled gain) in the intense speckle-inhomogeneous conjugate wave in a medium in which stimulated scattering occurs. Because of the large overall amplification in stimulated scattering, all the other, uncorrelated, configurations of the spontaneously scattered nucleating waves are amplified by a factor of 10$^7$ less and are discriminated against. The intervals of values of the various parameters in which the conjugate configuration (the specklon) exists are discussed theoretically, as is the effect of nonlinear selection and saturation on phase conjugation in stimulated scattering. There is a review of experimental results on the first observation of the effect, on the measurement of the angular structure of the uncorrelated waves and of the extent to which they are discriminated against, on the phase fluctuations of the conjugate wave, on the conjugation of subthreshold and depolarized radiation, and on phase conjugation in stimulated scattering in focused beams and for other scattered-wave amplification mechanisms.

PACS: 03.40.Kf, 42.10.-s
DOI: 10.1070/PU1982v025n10ABEH004605
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1982/10/a/
Citation: Zel’dovich B Ya, Pilipetskii N F, Shkunov V V "Phase conjugation in stimulated scattering" Sov. Phys. Usp. 25 713–737 (1982)

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Оригинал: Зельдович Б Я, Пилипецкий Н Ф, Шкунов В В «Обращение волнового фронта при вынужденном рассеянии света» УФН 138 249–288 (1982); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0138.198210d.0249

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