Scattering of light from light induced periodic structures

Autor: P. Y. Key, Robert G. Harrison, V. I. Little, M. A. Cutter
Rok vydání: 1974
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Zdroj: Contemporary Physics. 15:271-298
ISSN: 1366-5812
0010-7514
DOI: 10.1080/00107517408210792
Popis: When a beam of high intensity laser light is scattered by the fluctuations spontaneously existing within a fluid medium a spatial modulation of the dielectric constant may be induced. The role of such a modulation in causing stimulated scattering of the intense laser beam or Bragg reflection of any weak independent probe beam is discussed and theoretically analyesd. It is shown that such Bragg reflection provides a convenient technique for the study of the modulation. Experimental observation and investigation of Bragg reflection from such a modulation is described. A related technique has been used to investigate the development of light induced periodic structures on surfaces.
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