White-Light Phase-Conjugate Mirrors as Distortion Correctors

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  • TBMG-7182
Published February 01, 2010 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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White-light phase-conjugate mirrors would be incorporated into some optical systems, according to a proposal, as means of correcting for wavefront distortions caused by imperfections in large optical components. The proposal was given impetus by a recent demonstration that white, incoherent light can be made to undergo phase conjugation, whereas previously, only coherent light was known to undergo phase conjugation.