Abstract

A 20-nsec Nd:YAG laser pulse is compressed to a 2-nsec phase-conjugated pulse in a tapered glass tube filled with methane at 130 atm. A comparison with stimulated-Raman-scattering pulse compression is made. A semiclassical theory is proposed that agrees well with experimental results.

© 1980 Optical Society of America

High-efficiency laser-pulse compression by stimulated Brillouin scattering

M. J. Damzen and M. H. R. Hutchinson
Opt. Lett. 8(6) 313-315 (1983)

Analytical treatment of laser-pulse compression in stimulated Brillouin scattering

V. Babin, A. Mocofanescu, V. I. Vlad, and M. J. Damzen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16(1) 155-163 (1999)

Phase conjugation and pulse compression of KrF-laser radiation by stimulated Raman scattering

I. V. Tomov, R. Fedosejevs, D. C. D. McKen, C. Domier, and A. A. Offenberger
Opt. Lett. 8(1) 9-11 (1983)

Fluctuation initiation of Stokes signal and its effect on stimulated Brillouin scattering pulse compression

Hang Yuan, Yulei Wang, Zhiwei Lu, Yirui Wang, Zhaohong Liu, Zhenxu Bai, Can Cui, Rui Liu, Hengkang Zhang, and Wuliji Hasi
Opt. Express 25(13) 14378-14388 (2017)

High-energy sub-phonon lifetime pulse compression by stimulated Brillouin scattering in liquids

Chengyong Feng, Xiaozhen Xu, and Jean-Claude Diels
Opt. Express 25(11) 12421-12434 (2017)