Abstract

The relatively low threshold makes the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in fiber waveguides as a promising tool for efficient phase conjugation, pulse compression, etc. Detail investigations have already been made of SBS in fiber waveguides for the visible and near IR ranges of the spectrum.^[1,2] Also, it is of undoubtful interest to study phase conjugation of excimer lasers as a result of SBS in optical fiber. These lasers are widely used in spectroscopy, photolithography, and microtechnology, and it is hence of extremely importance to generate high-quality beams. Previosly, phase conjugation of excimer laser radiaton by SBS have been reported for liquids^[3,4] and gases.^[5]

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