Competition between nonlinear processes in gaseous SF6 as a result of pumping by 2-nsec pulses
Dudov A. M., Kormer S. B., Kulikov S. M., Nikolaev Vik. D., Portnyagin V. V., Sukharev S. A.
The competition between SMBS, SRS and optical breakdown in compressed SF6 due to pumping by an iodine laser with a 2-nsec pulse is investigated. It is shown that the onset of a given process is determined to a large extent by the power of the pump pulse and by the shape of its leading edge.