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Physical Review Letters

Control of Phase Matching and Nonlinear Generation in Dense Media by Resonant Fields

Surya P. Tewari, G. S. Agarwal

Published Apr 28, 1986• 133 citations
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Abstract

We show that the atomic dispersion and therefore the efficiency of the nonlinear generation at a given frequency can be controlled by the addition of an extra resonant laser field. Using this change in dispersion, we explain some of the recent observations on the vacuum ultraviolet generation in Xe and Hg.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.56.1811

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