title: Limits to the efficiency of beam combination by stimulated Brillouin scattering.
abstract: The probability distribution function of the phase difference between two thermal-noise-initiated stimulated Brillouin scattering beams was calculated and measured as a function of the correlation between the noise sources. This correlation is determined by the spatial overlap of the two pump beams. Perfect phase locking of every pair of Brillouin-scattered pulses is shown to be impossible.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanefsky
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suni