Abstract

We are experimentally investigating Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) and Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) in the transient regime in acetone. While measuring the scattered light as a function of the input energy, we noticed an unexpected “roll-off” in the scattered light as pump energy was increased. Theory predicts as input energy increases scattered energy increases until saturation is reached. We think that the observed roll-off is related to the coherence length of the pump, and we are investigating that relationship.

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