“…Trends in stimulated Brillouin scattering and optical phase conjugation important tool for improving the performance of high power laser systems (Borisov et al, 1983;Dane et al, 1994b;Eichler et al, 1997b;Kappe et al, 2007;Kong et al, 2005aKong et al, , 2005bKong et al, , 2006Kong et al, , 2007Rockwell, 1988;Sumida et al, 1994;Yoshida et al, 1997aYoshida et al, , 1997bYoshida et al, , 1999aYoshida et al, , 1999bYoshida et al, , 2003aYoshida et al, , 2003bZubarev et al, 1980). SBS can provide generation and amplification of laser light, processing of the beam profiles, temporal transformation of the laser pulse (isolation, fast switching, shortening, and compression), and frequency control of the laser pulse (narrowing, broadening and shifting).…”