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Double resonant four-wave sum mixing near an autoionizing state

E. Koudoumas, Tom Efthimiopoulos

Published May 4, 1993• 0 citations

Abstract

It is shown that in the double resonant four-wave sum mixing, the coupling between excited states alters the saturation, the two-photon transition rate, the ionization, the absorption of the generated radiation, and the phase matching in the region near an autoionizing state.

DOI: 10.1117/12.144589

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Double resonant four-wave sum mixing near an autoionizing state

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DOI: 10.1117/12.144589

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{\mathit{k}}_{\mathit{r}}

L\ensuremath{\Vert}\ensuremath{\gg}1, where \ensuremath{\Delta}

{\mathit{k}}_{\mathit{r}}

is the mismatch and L is the length of the path of the laser beams in the gas. With focused laser beams large differences occur between ionization with unidirectional beams and with counterpropagating laser beams when \ensuremath{\Vert}\ensuremath{\Delta}

{\mathit{k}}_{\mathit{r}}

b\ensuremath{\Vert}\ensuremath{\gg}1, where b is the confocal parameter of the focused laser beams. Strong absorption of the four-wave-mixing field is shown not to be necessary for strong destructive interference with focused laser beams when the phase mismatch is large. This work also suggests an explanation for earlier experiments where the presence of a four-photon resonance enabled the generation of third-harmonic light in a positively dispersive wavelength region. We argue that this process can occur when the laser used to achieve the four-photon resonance is focused on the small z (z is the coordinate in the direction of propagation) side of the focal point of the laser responsible for the third-harmonic generation. In this way the absorption of the third-harmonic light on one side of the focal point is made much stronger than on the other side. Correspondingly, contributions to the third-harmonic field from the two sides of the focal point are unequal and cannot undergo complete destructive interference as would otherwise occur in a positively dispersive region.

6{s}^{2}

and the doubly excited autoionizing Rydberg state

6pnd

. This technique provides a spectroscopic tool for measuring not only the resonant frequency and dephasing rate but also the transition dipole moment between two highly excited atomic states.