Brief Communications

Switching of the resonator q factor by stimulated Mandel'shtam–Brillouin scattering

V. I. Popovichev, V. V. Ragulsky, F. S. Faizullov


Abstract: The conditions for Q switching by stimulated Mandel'shtam–Brillouin scattering in a laser resonator were investigated theoretically and experimentally. The intensity of the radiation generated under free-oscillation conditions and its energy density should exceed certain threshold values. Measurements were made of the frequency shift of the generated radiation relative to the center of the gain profile.

UDC: 535.36:621.375.826

PACS: 42.65.Es, 42.60.Da, 42.60.Gd, 42.60.Lh, 42.60.Jf

Received: 22.05.1972

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1973, 2:5, 496–498