Effects of laser-beam temporal pulse shape on signal strength and spectral line shape of forward degenerate four-wave mixing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1111-1118

  Yu, Dai Hyuk ^a   Lee, Jai Hyung ^a   Chang, Joon Sung ^a   Ryu, Jae Seok ^b   Hahn, Jae Won ^b   Danehy, Paul M ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

SIGNAL STRENGTH;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0009594361     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.001111     Document Type: Article

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