title: Stimulated Raman scattering with a tightly focused pump beam.
abstract: We predict and experimentally measure the transverse spatial shapes, threshold, and ratio of Stokes to anti-Stokes radiation generated by stimulated Raman scattering of a focused Gaussian pump beam. The eigenmodes and the threshold of the scattered radiation are found to depend critically on the confocal parameter of the pump beam and the background dispersion.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rabinowitz
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bomse