New SBS media——perfluorinated amines

Abstract

The stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) media perfluorinated amines with good SBS characteristics have been discovered based on the dependence of SBS characteristics on the chemical structures. The SBS parameters of perfluorinated amines such as FC-131, FC-3283, FC-40, FC-43 and FC-70 have been measured or calculated. The results demonstrate that their absorption coefficients are below 10-3cm-1 and optical breakdown thresholds are above 100GW/cm2. The perfluorinated amines also exhibit a series of unique physicochemical properties, i.e., non-toxic property, low volatility, and high stability. The discovery not only diversifies the SBS media, but also improves the performance of SBS system, thereby laying a good foundation for the application of SBS phase conjugation mirror in high-power laser systems.