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SBS reflectivity from spatially smoothed laser beams: Random phase plates versus polarization smoothing

1998; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 5; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.872958

1527-2419

S. Hüller, Philippe Mounaix, V. T. Tikhonchuk,

Ocular and Laser Science Research

The reflectivity due to stimulated Brillouin backscattering (SBS) from an ensemble of independent laser speckles is investigated for different speckle statistics. Calculations are based on numerical simulations with a multidimensional code and a compact model describing the main features of speckle self-focusing. In particular, the simulations and the model are applied to speckle ensembles due to the random phase plate (RPP) and polarization smoothing (PS) techniques. A stronger SBS inhibition for PS with respect to the RPP technique is demonstrated.