Wavefront reproduction in stimulated Raman scattering

Abstract

Wavefront reproduction or reversal, observed earlier experimentally and interpreted for stimulated Brillouin scattering, is considered now in the case of stimulated Raman scattering, i.e., for the scattering accompanied by a relatively large frequency shift. A condition is derived for the frequency shift which ensures that the reproduction effect occurs also in stimulated Raman scattering.