Investigations of the attenuation coefficient of a narrow-bandwidth pulsed laser beam in water.

abstract

• The attenuation coefficient of a pulsed laser beam in water is investigated experimentally. It is found that the attenuation coefficient is dependent on the pulse energy and the linewidth of the laser, rather than a constant. The attenuation coefficient for a narrow linewidth laser can exceed that of a broad linewidth laser due to stimulated Brillouin scattering when the laser intensity is larger than a certain value. A theoretical analysis is provided.

authors

• Fry, Edward

published proceedings

• Appl Opt

author list (cited authors)

• Bai, J., Liu, J., Huang, Y. i., Liu, Y., Sun, L. u., Liu, D., & Fry, E. S.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• Bai, Jianhui||Liu, Juan||Huang, Yi||Liu, Yinan||Sun, Lu||Liu, Dahe||Fry, ES

publication date

• January 2007

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Applied Optics  Journal

keywords

• 0299 Other Physical Sciences

PubMed Central ID

• 17882302

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ao.46.006804

start page

• 6804

end page

• 6808

volume

• 46

issue

• 27

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1364%2Fao.46.006804