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Nonreciprocal optical effects in moving periodic absorption and amplification gratings

O. E. Nanii, D. D. Shcherbatkin

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Abstract: The nonreciprocal amplitude and phase effects emerging upon the passage of counterpropagating light waves through moving periodic absorption or amplification gratings are studied theoretically. Analytic expressions are derived for amplitude and phase nonreciprocity. It is shown that the maximum phase nonreciprocity corresponds to the incidence of light waves on a moving grating at the Bragg angle.

PACS: 42.60.Da, 42.25.Fx, 42.40.Eq

Received: 21.01.2000
Revised: 12.02.2001

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2001, 31:5, 461–463

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