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Physical Review A

Generation of axially phase-matched parametric four-wave and six-wave mixing in pure sodium vapor

Mary Anne Moore, W. R. Garrett, M. G. Payne

Published Apr 1, 1989• 38 citations
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Abstract

Axially propagating phase-matched parametric four-wave and six-wave mixing in pure sodium vapor is an easily documented process that may be confused with other resonant processes such as amplified spontaneous emission or stimulated hyper-Raman emission. We demonstrate and characterize the process in sodium vapor under near-resonant two-photon excitations.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.39.3692

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