Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics

Theory of transient hyper-Raman scattering in gases

Yu. P. Malakyan

Published Sep 30, 1989• 2 citations

Abstract

A theory is developed for transient hyper-Raman scattering and four-wave parametric processes in a gaseous medium subjected to an ultrashort pump pulse field. Investigations are made of the intensity and spectrum of the infrared and ultraviolet radiation generated in a medium as a result of these processes, bearing in mind the transient properties of the pump (phase modulation, pulse profile). It is shown that the initial nonlinearity of the pump field and the parametric processes result in new effects not observed in transient stimulated Raman scattering. For a large two-photon detuning, the hyper-Raman forward scattering is suppressed because of destructive interference with stimulated parametric generation of ultraviolet radiation. The gain of the infrared and ultraviolet radiation depends on the pump pulse profile. Under exact two-photon resonance conditions in the absence of any phase modulation of the pump, infrared and ultraviolet pulses are coherently split into various subpulses and a time-dependent Autler–Townes doublet is observed in their spectrum.

DOI: 10.1070/qe1989v019n09abeh009120

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