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Possibility of using vibrational-translational relaxation in an amplifying medium for wavefront reversal

M. V. Bunkina, V. V. Morozov, K. N. Firsov

P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: It is proposed that stimulated thermal backscattering in an inverted medium should be used to compensate for phase distortions. The conditions required to observe this effect are discussed. Results of numerical calculations are presented, confirming that a reversing "mirror" may be produced in an amplifying medium using stimulated thermal backscattering.

UDC: 535.375

PACS: 42.30.Va, 42.65.Cq

Received: 04.04.1980

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1980, 10:9, 1173–1175

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