A. A. Gordeev, V. F. Efimkov, I. G. Zubarev, S. I. Mikhailov, “Control of the phase characteristics of Stokes waves in a Michelson interferometer with SBS mirrors”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2016, Volume 46, Number 12,Pages <nobr>1146

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Control of the phase characteristics of Stokes waves in a Michelson interferometer with SBS mirrors

A. A. Gordeev^a, V. F. Efimkov^a, I. G. Zubarev^ab, S. I. Mikhailov^a

^a P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Nuclear Research University)

Abstract: It is found that, when using stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) mirrors (mounted in a ring Michelson interferometer) with counterfocusing, under pumping by pulses with steep (2–3 ns) leading edges and applying Freon FC-75 as an active medium, the phase difference of the Stokes waves on the semitransparent interferometer mirror obeys the dependence Δφ = 2ΔkΔl (Δk is the difference in the magnitudes of the pump and Stokes component wave vectors and Δl is the difference in the optical arm lengths).

Keywords: SBS mirrors with counterfocusing, ring Michelson interferometer, pump pulses with steep leading edges.

Received: 10.10.2016
Revised: 21.10.2016