Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a new scheme of beam fanning reduction in photorefractive amplifiers by using incoherent erasure. This simple and effective approach employs a pump beam with a mixed polarization state or introduces a third incoherent beam for selective erasure. The approach is analyzed, and the experimental results are presented and discussed.

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