One-way imaging through an aberrator with spatially incoherent light by using an optically addressed spatial light modulator.

A real-time holographic technique employing an optically addressed spatial light modulator was used to correct an incoherently illuminated image that had made a single pass through an aberrator. Aberrations that change slowly compared with the integration time of the spatial light modulator are fully corrected.

Correction of thermal blooming by optical phase conjugation.

We have observed accurate correction of laser-induced thermal blooming by optical phase conjugation. The thermal blooming produced up to a 36-fold increase in the far-field spot diameter and up to a 60-fold decrease in the far-field peak intensity. Stimulated Brillouin scattering was used as the phase-conjugate mirror with a reflectivity of 35% to 65%. A previously published theory regarding phase-conjugate correction of intensity-dependent aberrations suggested that nonunity reflectivity would adversely affect the phase conjugate's ability to compensate for thermal blooming. We found no evidence of this being the case.