Abstract
Because of the limited storage time of excimer lasers, their effective utilization for laser fusion and other short-pulse applications will require the use of pulse stacking1 or compression2 or a combination of these techniques. Raman compression of KrF lasers has been studied extensively,2,3 but the possibility of backward-stimulated Brillouin scattering in gases at excimer wavelengths has only recently been discussed.4 Gases are of interest for these applications because of the high threshold for self-focusing and breakdown and because of the potentially lower absorption losses than for liquids. As compared with backward-stimulated Raman scattering, Brillouin scattering offers less losses to higher-order processes, negligible wavelength shift, and a true phase-conjugate reflection.
© 1984 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
I.V. Tomov, R. Fedosejevs, D.C.D. McKen, and A.A. Offenberger
TuB46 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1984
N. A. Kurnit, J. R. Ackerhalt, I. J. Bigio, S. J. Thomas, and D. E. Watkins
TUA3 OSA Annual Meeting (FIO) 1985
Y. S. Huo, J. Glinski, X. J. Gu, and R. F. Code
TUB25 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1984