Abstract
We observe optical phase conjugation using the surface nonlinearity of a dense atomic potassium vapor. For an atomic number density of 1.5× , phase-conjugate reflectivities of 4× are measured for pump intensities approaching the saturation intensity of 10 W . We also demonstrate aberration correction using surface phase conjugation. The measured properties of the surface-phase-conjugate signal are in excellent agreement with the predictions of a theory of surface phase conjugation by degenerate four-wave mixing, in which the origin of the nonlinear response is saturated absorption.
- Received 4 May 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.46.7155
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