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Effect of two-photon saturation on ordinary Raman scattering

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{P}_{l,s}

, and ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{21}$ is the frequency of the Raman transition $|1〉\ensuremath{\rightarrow}|2〉$) with the possible addition of a one-photon resonance (${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{l}\ensuremath{\simeq}{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{31}$ is the frequency of the electronic transition $|1〉\ensuremath{\rightarrow}|3〉$). For these cases we show that the CARS polarization

{\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}

is proportional to the off-diagonal density-matrix element ${\ensuremath{\rho}}_{21}$. In order to determine ${\ensuremath{\rho}}_{21}$, we use Laplace transforms to solve the Bloch equations for the effective two-level system

|1〉

and

|2〉

when ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{l}$ is far from resonance, or for the three-level system

|1〉,|2〉

, and

|3〉

, when ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{l}\ensuremath{\simeq}{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{31}$. The steady-state expression for

{\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}

in the former case gives ${\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}\ensuremath{\propto}{P}_{l}{P}_{s}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ at low powers and ${\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}\ensuremath{\propto}{P}_{l}^{0}{P}_{s}^{\frac{\ensuremath{-}1}{2}}$ at high powers. In the three-level system, we show that when the pressure is low and at least one field is weak, the slow time dependence of ${\ensuremath{\rho}}_{21}$ must be considered. When one field is strong and the other weak, the CARS spectrum is Stark split. When

{P}_{l}

is high, for example, ${\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}\ensuremath{\propto}{P}_{l}^{0}{P}_{s}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ for ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{s}\ensuremath{\simeq}{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{32}$ and ${\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}\ensuremath{\propto}{({P}_{l}{P}_{s})}^{\frac{1}{2}}$ when ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{s}\ensuremath{\simeq}{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{32}\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}{V}_{13}$ where

{V}_{13}

is the one-photon Rabi frequency for the $|1〉\ensuremath{\rightarrow}|3〉$ transition. The Wilcox-Lamb approximation is used to reduce the three-level Bloch equations to rate equations containing one- and two-photon terms. When the fields are so weak that both one- and two-photon terms are small compared to the decay terms, the usual expression for

{\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}

is reproduced. If only the direct two-photon processes are important, the effective-two-system results are reproduced. When both fields are intense and nearly resonant, the steady state is rapidly achieved. The results for the case where one field is much stronger than the other are essentially the same as those for one strong and one weak field. When the fields are of comparable strength, ${\mathcal{p}}_{\mathrm{CARS}}\ensuremath{\propto}{P}_{l}^{\frac{1}{2}}{P}_{s}^{0}$ for ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{l}\ensuremath{\simeq}{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{31}$ and ${\ensuremath{\omega}}_{s}\ensuremath{\simeq}{\ensuremath{\omega}}_{32}$, and the CARS spectrum is split into five components.