Wavefront reconstruction (conjugation) by stimulated scatterings: A review

Author

Sokolovskaya, Albina I. ; Brekhovskikh, Galina L. ; Kudryavtseva, Anna D.

Author_Institution

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Volume

23

Issue

8

fYear

1987

fDate

8/1/1987 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1332

Lastpage

1343

Abstract

In this paper, we give review of our work on the holographic image reconstruction of the volume object, illuminated by giant laser pulses of nano- and picosecond duration, and of its Fourier spectrum which has been observed experimentally in Raman, Brillouin, and Rayleigh stimulated scatterings. Image reconstruction laws have been investigated. Wavefront conjugation with transformation, obeying holography principles, has been shown to take place at the backward SRS. A physical model of the phenomenon is given. The diffraction efficiency of dynamic holograms in the stimulated scatterings has been measured. The possibility of the light beams spatial structure conversion at the stimulated scatterings has been experimentally shown.

Keywords

Brillouin scattering; Holography; Optical phase conjugation; Raman scattering; Brillouin scattering; Diffraction; Holography; Image reconstruction; Laser modes; Laser theory; Light scattering; Optical pulses; Raman scattering; Rayleigh scattering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.1987.1073499

Filename

1073499