Short-Pulse Amplification by Strongly-Coupled Stimulated Brillouin   Scattering
  We examine the feasibility of strongly-coupled stimulated Brillouin scattering as a mechanism for the plasma-based amplification of sub-picosecond pulses. In particular, we use fluid theory and particle-in-cell simulations to compare the relative advantages of Raman and Brillouin amplification over a broad range of achievable parameters. 
Matthew R. Edwards, Qing Jia, Julia M. Mikhailova, Nathaniel J. Fisch
physics.plasm-ph