Mechanism of self-pumped phase conjugation in photorefractive crystals

Abstract

A two-dimensional model for the self-pumped phase conjugation in a photorefractive crystal is presented. In the model, no internal reflections at a corner of the crystal are explicitly considered, aside from some low intensity scattered radiation at the crystal surfaces. The numerical simulations of the curved beam path inside the crystal show agreement with experimental observations. The numerical results of high-reflectivity and high-fidelity phase conjugation are consistent with experimental results.