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Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics

Influence of spatial interference on amplification in stimulated scattering of light

Boris Ya Zel'dovich, Vladimir V. Shkunov

Published Nov 30, 1977• 3 citations
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Abstract

An investigation is made of the wave problem of the stimulated scattering of light in a pump beam comprising a plane wave and a small (in terms of energy) admixture of fluctuating distortions. The existence of interference maxima and minima in the pump wave causes an appreciable (up to twofold) enhancement of the gain of the scattered wave, the form of which reproduces that of the pump field. This effect is associated with the previously observed reversal of the wavefront in the stimulated scattering of light.

DOI
10.1070/qe1977v007n11abeh004122

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A new method developed by the authors for the analysis of stimulated scattering of spatially noncoherent radiation is used in a comparative study of the concurrent and opposed interactions of a Stokes field with pump radiation. If there is no correlation between the Stokes and pump waves, the interaction is independent of the relative direction of propagation of the waves. However, if the Stokes and pump waves are correlated, the interaction efficiency depends strongly on the relative directions of the waves. Exact expressions are obtained for the structure of the wave fields and gain increments in the backscattering case and approximate expressions are obtained for the forward scattering. The physical reason for the asymmetry in the amplification is the reproduction by the Stokes signal spectrum of the pump spectrum in the forward scattering case and inversion of this spectrum in the backscattering case. The same reason accounts for a deterioration of the quality of wavefront reversal in the backscattering case compared with the forward scattering.