SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE, PHASE-CONJUGATE RING MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER-AMPLIFIER USING EXTERNAL STIMULATED-BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING Q-SWITCHING

Authors
LAMB RA
Citation
Ra. Lamb, SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE, PHASE-CONJUGATE RING MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER-AMPLIFIER USING EXTERNAL STIMULATED-BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING Q-SWITCHING, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 13(8), 1996, pp. 1758-1765
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
13
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1758 - 1765
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1996)13:8<1758:SPRMOP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A phase-conjugate ring laser operating on a single longitudinal mode a nd with good beam quality (TEM(00)) is reported. Phase conjugation is achieved with stimulated Brillouin scattering by CS2. The system acts as an oscillator-two-pass amplifier system, and the intensity-dependen t reflectivity of stimulated-Brillouin scattering, positioned outside the ring oscillator, acts as a Q switch.