Stimulated Brillouin scattering phase-conjugation fidelity fluctuations

JJ Ottusch, DA Rockwell - Optics letters, 1991 - opg.optica.org
We observe shot-to-shot fluctuations in the far-field fidelity of stimulated Brillouin scattering
phase-conjugate mirrors in the saturated reflectivity regime under various experimental …

Pulse-shape dependence of stimulated-Brillouin-scattering phase-conjugation fidelity for high input energies

CB Dane, WA Neuman, LA Hackel - Optics letters, 1992 - opg.optica.org
The shot-to-shot phase fidelity of a stimulated-Brillouin-scattering phase conjugator
operated many times above threshold has been found to be very sensitive to the slope of the …

A transient, three-dimensional model of stimulated Brillouin scattering

S Afshaarvahid, J Munch - Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & …, 2001 - World Scientific
An efficient numerical 3-D model of transient stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is
reported. The model is used to examine the effects of transient phenomena on the efficiency …

4.5-J Brillouin phase-conjugate mirror producing excellent near-and far-field fidelity

MS Mangir, DA Rockwell - JOSA B, 1993 - opg.optica.org
We describe a dual-cell Brillouin oscillator–amplifier phase-conjugate mirror that has
operated with 4.5-J,~ 45-ns FWHM pulses at 1.05 μm. We obtained an energy reflectivity of …

Hermite-gaussian theory of focused beam SBS cells

A Kummrow - Optics communications, 1993 - Elsevier
The reflectance and fidelity of phase conjugation of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is
studied in the saturation region for focusing in an unbounded medium. The electric fields are …

Effect of optical breakdown on stimulated Brillouin scattering in focused beam cells

A Kummrow - JOSA B, 1995 - opg.optica.org
The effect of optical breakdown on the reflection of focused beam stimulated Brillouin
backscattering (SBS) cells is studied theoretically. The threshold for SBS is inversely …

The fidelity of stimulated Brillouin scattering with weak aberrations

LP Schelonka - Optics communications, 1987 - Elsevier
We have interferometrically measured the phase fidelity of stimulated Brillouin scattering
under conditions of weak to moderate aberration. After double passing an aberrator, the …

Energy scaling of phase-conjugate lasers and Brillouin conjugators

DA Rockwell, MS Mangir, JJ Ottusch - International Journal of …, 1993 - World Scientific
Phase conjugation offers a practical, realistic approach for scaling solid-state lasers to high
energies and high peak powers with a minimum increase in complexity. The specific …

Phase-conjugation fidelity fluctuations for various stimulated-Brillouin-scattering mirror geometries

NF Andreyev, EA Khazanov, OV Palashov… - JOSA B, 1994 - opg.optica.org
Phase-conjugation fidelity fluctuations for various stimulated-Brillouin-scattering mirror
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Transient stimulated Brillouin scattering reflectivity in CS2 and SF6 under multipulse employment

MS Jo, CH Nam - Applied optics, 1997 - opg.optica.org
The multipulse effects on transient stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in CS_2 and 20-atm
SF_6 were investigated using an iodine laser as the pum** source. A simple pulse …