Optical Josephson effects using phase-conjugating mirrors: an analogy with superconductors

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Josephson effects, phase-conjugation mirrors, superconductors, four-wave mixing

Abstract

Motivated by the analogy between a phase-conjugating mirror (PCM) and a superconductor, we search for optical counterparts of the well-known DC and AC Josephson effects. We show that in a system consisting of two PCM's separated by vacuum an "optical supercurrent" arises as a function of an applied phase difference between the PCM's, which is the optical analogue of the DC supercurrent flowing in a superconducting weak link. The corresponding AC effect occurs when the two PCM's are pumped by light of a different frequency, causing the phase difference to oscillate in time with the frequency difference.

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2023-04-06

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2000-06-30

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M. Blaauboer, D. Lenstra, and A. Lodder, “Optical Josephson effects using phase-conjugating mirrors: an analogy with superconductors”, JTIT, vol. 1, no. 1-2, pp. 24–28, Jun. 2000, doi: 10.26636/jtit.2000.1-2.17.