Enhancement of phase conjugation degenerate four-wave mixing using a Bessel beam

Qian Zhang; Xuemei Cheng; Haowei Chen; Bo He; Zhaoyu Ren; Ying Zhang; Jintao Bai

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000162

Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 162(2018)

Enhancement of phase conjugation degenerate four-wave mixing using a Bessel beam

Qian Zhang^1、†, Xuemei Cheng^1、†,*, Haowei Chen^1,3, Bo He¹, Zhaoyu Ren¹, Ying Zhang², and Jintao Bai¹

¹State Key Laboratory Incubation Base of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials, National Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials and Application of Science and Technology International Cooperation Center, Institute of Photonics & Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China

²School of Science, Engineering University of PAP, Xi’an 710086, China

³e-mail: chenhaowei2005@126.com

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Oct. 26, 2017

Accepted: Dec. 22, 2017

Published Online: Jul. 10, 2018

The Author Email: Xuemei Cheng (xmcheng@nwu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000162

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