Abstract

The orthogonality properties of the eigenmodes of general optical resonators which have a phase conjugate mirror at one end are derived. It is shown that essentially these are biorthogonal relations as in conventional resonators, which are satisfied between the set of modes propagating in one direction around the resonator and the adjoint set of modes propagating in the reversed direction.

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Higher-order modes of phase conjugate resonators

Amos Hardy and Simon Hochhauser
Appl. Opt. 21(13) 2330-2338 (1982)

Generalized mode theory of conventional and phase-conjugate resonators

Moshe Nazarathy, Amos Hardy, and Joseph Shamir
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 73(5) 576-586 (1983)

Transverse modes of a stimulated scattering phase-conjugate resonator

Giampiero Giuliani, Marguerite-M. Denariez-Roberge, and Pierre-A. Bélanger
Appl. Opt. 21(20) 3719-3724 (1982)

Phase-conjugate resonators with intracavity amplitude perturbations

Amos Hardy and Simon Hochhauser
Appl. Opt. 21(6) 1118-1121 (1982)

Resonant modes of optical cavities with phase-conjugate mirrors

Pierre A. Bélanger, Amos Hardy, and A. E. Siegman
Appl. Opt. 19(4) 602-609 (1980)