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Effect of laser mode structure on stimulated Brillouin scattering

Narum et al., 1986

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7941188040030699248
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Narum P
Skeldon M
Boyd R
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IEEE journal of quantum electronics

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The gain and reflectivity of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) process used as a Stokes-wave generator are shown theoretically to be independent of the mode structure of the pump laser provided that the pump-laser mode spacing exceeds the Brillouin linewidth …
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