Abstract
The coupling between Kerr filamentation and stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is numerically investigated for nanosecond laser pulses in silica. In self-focusing regime, phase-modulated broadband pumps may not weaken backscattering, which appropriate amplitude modulations can achieve.
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