Beam combining using Orientational Stimulated Scattering in Liquid Crystals
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
Possibility of beam combining and clean-up using Orientational Stimulated Scattering in a Nematic Liquid Crystal is considered. We numerically study the dynamics of the process and find that back-conversion process tends to limit the effective interaction strength. Instability of the steady state of cross-phase modulation is demonstrated, when both waves have the same frequency. We show that high conversion efficiency can be achieved, and that the shape and wave-front of the amplified output signal are robust with respect to amplitude and phase distortions of the input pump.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0508553,
title = {Beam combining using Orientational Stimulated Scattering in Liquid Crystals},
author = {Hakob Sarkissian and Chang Ching Tsai and Boris Zeldovich and Nelson Tabirian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0508553},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
24 pages, 6 figures, will be published in JOSA B