Brief Communications

Stimulated Raman scattering in sulfur hexafluoride

B. A. Akanaev, E. M. Zemskov, V. N. Tereshchenko, N. A. Moshkareva


Abstract: A preliminary experimental investigation was made of the stimulated Raman scattering in liquid SF₆ at room temperature and saturation vapor pressure of 23 kg/cm². Pumping with ruby laser pulses of 50 nsec duration excited the first and second Stokes components of the scattering at thresholds of 18 and 30 MW/cm², respectively. The Mandel'shtam–Brillouin scattering thresholds of SF₆ were found to depend strongly on the temperature because the medium was close to the critical state.

UDC: 539.287

PACS: 42.65.Dr, 42.65.Re, 78.40.Dw, 42.55.Rz

Received: 15.02.1972
Revised: 06.07.1972

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1973, 2:5, 457–458