Abstract

The accuracy of the phase-conjugate signal produced by stimulated Brillouin scattering in a waveguide is theoretically investigated. Contradictions between earlier phase-conjugation theories are resolved and are shown to be due solely to differing treatments of the non-phase-matched Brillouin output. We find that this output dominates the nonconjugate signal from stimulated Brillouin scattering.

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