The cartoon above shows the evolution of the light fields in SBS pulse
compressor. The input pulse (green) is of 5 ns pulse duration and 300 mJ
pulse energy. The output Stokes pulse (red) has pulse duration of 300 ps
and energy of 285 mJ.
"Higher order stimulated Brillouin scattering with non-diffracting beams",
PDF version
[150 KB]
I. Velchev and W. Ubachs Optics Letters 26 (8), 530-532 (2001)
"Pulse compression to the sub-phonon lifetime
region by half-cycle gain in transient stimulated Brillouin scattering",
PDF version [192 KB]
I. Velchev, D. Neshev, W. Hogervorst, W. Ubachs
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics QE35 (12), 1812-1816 (1999)
"SBS pulse compression to 200 ps in a compact
single-cell setup", PDF version [114 KB]
D. Neshev, I. Velchev, W. A. Majewski, W. Hogervorst and W.
Ubachs
Applied Physics B68 (4),
671-675 (1999)
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