ABSTRACT

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is the most important example of a stimulated scattering process-light scattering that occurs when the intensity of the light field itself affects the propagating medium. A phenomenon that has been known of for some 35 years in solid state laser research, it has recently become relevant in the optical fiber ind

chapter 2|22 pages

Materials for SBS

chapter 3|19 pages

Solutions of the one-dimensional SBS model

chapter 4|17 pages

Optical phase conjugation in SBS

chapter 7|25 pages

Techniques for enhancement of SBS

chapter 8|18 pages

SBS in optical fibres

chapter 9|18 pages

Laser resonators with SBS mirrors

chapter 10|18 pages

Optical solitons in SBS