Abstract
The beam-steering capabilities of the double color-pumped oscillator by Brillouin four-wave mixing are analyzed and demonstrated for the first time to the author’s knowledge. The Brillouin reflection grating geometry is shown to give 3 orders of magnitude greater sensitivity of the beam deflection angle to the controllable parameters as compared with a transmission grating geometry. Theory predicts that at λ = 1.06 μm a 0.1% tuning of wavelength or birefringence with an ˜1° angle between the input beams will result in a deflection of ˜11° with ˜800 resolvable spots and an access time dictated by the decay of the electrostrictive grating (< 100 ns). The maximum deflection angle is not limited by the Bragg condition, which is always automatically satisfied in this device.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1731-1733 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Dec 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |