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Wavefront reversal in stimulated light scattering in a focused spatially inhomogeneous pump beam
N. B. Baranova, B. Ya. Zel'dovich, V. V. Shkunov
Abstract:
A theoretical analysis is made of stimulated light scattering in a pump beam possessing both fine-structure inhomogeneity (and thus, "gray" divergence) and a continuously varying amplitude and phase envelope due to focusing of the beam with a lens into an unbounded medium. An equation is derived to describe the gain of the pump-reproducing field component, and a solution of this equation, excitable by spontaneous radiation noise, is found in the constant pump field approximation. In this case, the scattered wave is localized in a narrow (compared with the pump wave) near-axial zone and, unlike scattering in a waveguide, the reproduction of the pump wave is partial and dependent on the correlation between the "gray" and diffraction-limited divergence. The disagreement between this theoretical conclusion and the complete reproduction observed earlier experimentally indicates the importance of saturation effects in the scattering of focused beams.
Received: 25.03.1977
Citation:
N. B. Baranova, B. Ya. Zel'dovich, V. V. Shkunov, “Wavefront reversal in stimulated light scattering in a focused spatially inhomogeneous pump beam”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 5:5 (1978), 973–985 [Sov J Quantum Electron, 8:5 (1978), 559–566]
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