Single-shot coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering using a chirped optical lattice

Opt Lett. 2013 Nov 1;38(21):4449-52. doi: 10.1364/OL.38.004449.

Abstract

We present a method for obtaining coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering (CRBS) spectra on timescales of hundreds of nanoseconds using rapidly chirped, pulsed, optical lattices. This enables us to transfer the spectral profile to a temporal profile which can be easily recorded on a single shot of an oscilloscope. These spectra are demonstrated to have sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to study CRBS models over a wide range of gas densities.