C-w (continuous-wave) stimulated brillouin scattering of long-pulse chemical laser beams. Technical report

Technical Report · Wed Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7070011

Amimoto, S T; Hofland, R

Backward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) is currently under consideration as a nonlinear optical process for passive phase conjugation (beam clean up) phase matching (beam combination), and pointing and tracking of continuous-wave (CW) HF chemical lasers for high power applications. Theoretical considerations indicate, however, that forward SBS processes dominate over backward SBS phenomena in the steady-state limit, so that SBS exhibits the desired properties (phase conjugation) only for short time periods. Since backward SBS thresholds for CW HF lasers are about 0.20 MW per spectral line, long-pulse laboratory chemical laser sources (PCLs) are needed to investigate small-angle forward scattering phenomena and the development of techniques for their suppression. The laser data presented herein suggest that a moderate-volume, photolysis-pumped PCL is a suitable source for the study of steady-state forward SBS processes and their suppression. In particular, low pressure PCLs can simulate CW HF-laser SBS behavior under conditions of the proper bandwidth, laser spectrum, SBS media effects, longitudinal mode structure, and other high-power HF laser characteristics.

• Research Organization: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA (USA). Laboratory Operations
• OSTI ID: 7070011
• Report Number(s): AD-A-216409/3/XAB; TR--0086A(2930-06)1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMICAL LASERS
COHERENT SCATTERING
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
LIGHT SCATTERING
LOW PRESSURE
NONLINEAR OPTICS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OPTICS
PHONONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POWER
PROGRESS REPORT
QUASI PARTICLES
RADIATIONS
SCATTERING
SPECTRA
STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS