Interaction of Counter-propagating Elliptically Polarized Light Waves in Isotropic Nonlinear Media |
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| Authors: | GB Altshuller VB Karassev SA Kozlov LI Pavlov |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Leningrad Institute of Precise Mechanics and Optics , Leningrad, U.S.S.R.;2. Faculty of Physics , Sofia University , 1126, Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The nonlinear interaction of elliptically polarized counter-propagating waves in an isotropic transparent medium is analysed. Self-induced changes in the polarization of the counter-propagating light waves, are described. Using these results, a new type of modulator giving self-induced rotation of the polarization ellipse (SIRPE) is studied. The transmission of counter-propagating waves in the SIRPE modulator is shown to exhibit saturation with increase in light intensity and to be a multiple-valued function of the light intensity. |
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