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Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics

Mutual suppression of the electron stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave parametric mixing

Yu. P. Malakyan

Published Apr 30, 1990• 0 citations
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Abstract

A new effect is considered: self-induced suppression of electron stimulated Raman scattering involving generation of two new fields from the Stokes radiation as a result of four-wave mixing, interfering destructively with electron stimulated Raman scattering and suppressing it, which in turn suppresses the mixing process. The effect occurs in the steady-state case and not under transient conditions. The results account in a simple manner for the generation of the Stokes radiation in barium vapor as a result of different transitions, depending on the duration of the pump pulse.

DOI
10.1070/qe1990v020n04abeh005939

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