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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Stimulated Raman scattering in the approximation of unidirectional propagation in a medium with static dipole moments

Alexander A. Zabolotskii

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

The evolution equations of two-frequency stimulated Raman scattering in a molecular quasithree- level medium with static dipole moments have been derived in the approximations of the nondepletion of the pump field and the unidirectional propagation of the Stokes field. Completely integrable particular cases of the resulting system of equations have been found. New mechanisms of controlling the parameters of microwave pulses generated in such a system have been studied within this model. The numerical analysis and particular exact solutions demonstrate the possibility of switch between the regimes of generation of narrow Stokes field pulses and nearly rectangular pulses.

DOI
10.1134/s106377611512016x

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Abstract The semiclassical equations of SRS are derived by the following method: The many‐level molecule is described by the Schrödinger equation and subsequently all amplitudes but those of the essential two levels are eliminated by approximate integration. Especially the case of equal group velocities for pump and Stokes wave is considered. Terms describing a frequency shift due to dynamical Stark effect and a change of refraction index by vibrational excitation can be removed by a suitable transformation. Under various, physically different, assumptions the system of molecular and field equations is reduced to the equations describing a quasimonochromatic pulse propagating in a resonant two‐level system, and in this way we can find a rich manifold of solutions. E.g., the 2π‐pulse of self‐induced transparency can be transferred to SRS. By other assumptions we are led to equations defining the Bäcklund transformation for the sine‐Gordon equation. For this case also soliton type solutions can be constructed.
Stimulated Raman scattering of a randomly modulated pump is investigated by the method of successive approximations. This involves expanding solutions in terms of small parameters, which are ratios of the correlation scales of random effects to other characteristic dynamic scales of the problem. Systems of closed equations are obtained for the moments of the amplitudes of the Stokes and pump waves and of the molecular vibrations. These describe the dynamics of the process allowing for changes in the pump intensity and statistics due to a three-wave interaction. By analyzing equations in higher-order approximations, it is possible to establish the conditions of validity of the first (Markov) and second approximations. In particular, it is found that these are valid for pump intensities JL both above and below the critical value Jcr near which the gain begins to increase rapidly and reproduction of the pump spectrum by the Stokes wave is initiated. Solutions are obtained for average intensities of the Stokes wave and molecular vibrations in the first approximation in a constant pump field. It is established that, for JLJcr, the Stokes wave undergoes rapid nonsteady-state amplification which is associated with an increase in the amplitude of the molecular vibrations. The results of the calculations show good agreement with known experimental data.
A semiclassical model of nonstationary stimulated Raman scattering with account of forward and backward waves of different frequencies is proposed. Equations for the elements of a collective density matrix and electric-field amplitudes are obtained applying the averaging method. It is shown that forward waves are generated by a united polarization component, whereas each of the backward waves is formed by its own component. The description is based on the approximation of small scattering angles and assumes that the quantities considered do not depend on transverse coordinates. The emission dynamics of forward-backward Stokes pulses is investigated both for the linear case and under the strong depletion of pumping and level populations. The domain of applicability of the model of nonstationary forward stimulated Raman scattering is determined.