TIME-RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS OF STIMULATED-BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING PHASE JUMPS

被引:15
作者
MANGIR, MS
OTTUSCH, JJ
JONES, DC
ROCKWELL, DA
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[1] Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1702
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We report time-resolved measurements of the phase of the Stokes beam produced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in gases. We observed phase jumps, slow phase drifts, and sudden frequency shifts during the temporal evolution of individual Stokes pulses. Phase jumps, and the intensity variations that accompany them, are macroscopic manifestations of the noise that initiates and sustains stimulated scattering.
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页码:1702 / 1705
页数:4
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