Stimulated Brillouin scattering dependence on the XeCl laser spectrum

Author

Perrone, M.R. ; Yao, Y.B.

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Fisica, Lecce Univ., Italy

Volume

30

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1327

Lastpage

1331

Abstract

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) can represent a quite simple technique for generating phase conjugate reflections of XeCl laser radiation. The XeCl laser spectrum exhibits two strong lines at 3079.8 Å, and at 3081.9 Å, which are separated by a spectral width much larger than the bandwidth of the excited acoustic wave of a Brillouin medium. It has been investigated experimentally whether or not the two lines drive SBS independently. By using both lines to pump the Brillouin medium maximum, power reflectivities of 30% have been measured, but the power reflectivity increases up to 40% by using only the 3079.8 Å line

Keywords

excimer lasers; optical phase conjugation; reflectivity; stimulated Brillouin scattering; xenon compounds; 3079.8 angstrom; 3081.9 angstrom; XeCl; XeCl laser spectrum; acoustic wave; broad band laser pumping; phase conjugate reflections; power reflectivity; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Acoustic reflection; Bandwidth; Brillouin scattering; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Pump lasers; Reflectivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.303698

Filename

303698