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Stimulated brillouin scattering in SF6 with a free-running XeCl laser as pump

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A XeCl laser system without dispersive elements is used to investigate near threshold reflectivity and phase-conjugation (PC) fidelity of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) mirrors with SF6 as the active medium. Using different focal-length lenses to focus the broadband laser radiation into the Brillouin medium, it was found that at threshold the effective interaction length for SBS is equal to the confocal parameter and that the SBS gain is equal to its steady-state value for monochromatic pumping. High PC-fidelity values ranging from 0.8–1.0 were found under most of the experimental conditions investigated.

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Filippo, A.A., Perrone, M.R. Stimulated brillouin scattering in SF6 with a free-running XeCl laser as pump. Appl. Phys. B 57, 103–107 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425992

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