Nd:YAG laser with a phase-conjugating mirror based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in SF_6 gas
- 15 April 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 16 (8) , 569-571
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.16.000569
Abstract
A Nd:YAG laser setup that uses SF6 gas as a stimulated Brillouin scattering phase-conjugating mirror is described. Stable emission with 100-mJ output energy and a 15-ns pulse width in the TEM00 mode has been obtained.Keywords
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