Transverse Effects in Phase Conjugate Laser MirrorsBased on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

✍ Scribed by V. Raab; A. Heuer; J. Schultheiss; N. Hodgson; J. Kurths; R. Menzel

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 441 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0960-0779
• DOI: 10.1016/s0960-0779(98)00034-4

✦ Synopsis

The temporal and spatial re~ectance of phase conjugate mirrors based on stimulated Brillouin scattering "SBS# was investigated both theoretically and experimentally[ A novel numerical model was used that incorporates the transverse mode structure of the pump beam and the re~ected beam into the di}erential equations describing the scattering process[ The experiments were performed with a Q!switched Nd]YAG laser in fundamental mode operation and SF 5 at 10 bar as the SBS medium[ The excellent agreement with the theoretical results indicates that the inclusion of the transverse intensity distribution is necessary for a realistic description of SBS[ Þ 0888 Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights reserved[