All-Optical Adaptive Systems: Nonlinear Optics Approach for Phase Distortion Suppression

Abstract

Recent studies of nonlinear optical systems with two-dimensional (2D) feedback have led to the possibility of a new type of adaptive optical system having extremely high spatial resolution for wavefront distortion suppression - the All-Optical Adaptive (AOA) system [1-3]. Presently, dynamic phase distortion suppression is achieved through one of three basic techniques: