A laser system, such as a master oscillator/power amplifier system,
comprises a gain medium and a stimulated Brillouin scattering SBS mirror
system. The SBS mirror system includes an in situ filtered SBS medium
that comprises a compound having a small negative non-linear index of
refraction, such as a perfluoro compound. An SBS relay telescope having a
telescope focal point includes a baffle at the telescope focal point
which blocks off angle beams. A beam splitter is placed between the SBS
mirror system and the SBS relay telescope, directing a fraction of the
beam to an alternate beam path for an alignment fiducial. The SBS mirror
system has a collimated SBS cell and a focused SBS cell. An adjustable
attenuator is placed between the collimated SBS cell and the focused SBS
cell, by which pulse width of the reflected beam can be adjusted.