Phase Conjugate Optics

Starting from basic principles and progressing to detailed discussions of applications, this book aims to provide an accessible introduction to phase conjugate optics, its fundamental concepts, including theories, experiments, materials and applications.

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Starting from basic principles and progressing to detailed discussions of applications, this book aims to provide an accessible introduction to phase conjugate optics; its fundamental concepts, including theories, experiments, materials and applications. Following a review of the characteristics of phase-conjugate light, phase-conjugate light generation is introduced. Four-wave mixing is explained and various media for generating phase-conjugate light are examined. The theory of non-four-wave mixing is then considered. One chapter is devoted to important experiments and experimental techniques. Finally, nonlinear optical phenomena are examined from the perspective of phase-conjugate generating media.