SBS stands for stimulated Brillouin Scattering. Does the SBS Phase conjugation mirror preserve the polarization upon reflection, unlike normal mirrors?
Dear Chetan,
No, SBS-PCM in this sense acts as a regular mirror, at least if the light has been initially polarized, and the medium is non-birefringent.
See also:
https://www.osapublishing.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-5-12-516
Direct quote: "The compressed pulse is wave-front reversed[17] (spatially phase conjugated) while the polarization state behaves like a mirror reflection."
And [17] is the seminal work by Zeldovich, et. al.: B. Zeldovich, V. Popovichev, V. Ragulskii, and F. Faizullov, JETP Lett. 15, 109 (1972).
Sincerely,
Anton.
Vincent Lecoeuche Anton V. Kovalev
Sorry for late reply,
I had been reading a dissertation which mentions that the SBS PCM should preserve polarization upon reflection.
Elementary calculations show it should preserve polarization.
The link to the dissertation is given below and also I have attached a screenshot from the dissertation (Pg 30). The statement is marked with red brackets.
https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a487254.pdf
Can you'll please elaborate on this?
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