Stimulated Raman scattering in the boundary region between impulsive and nonimpulsive excitation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2642-2650

  Zaitsu, Shin Ichi ^a   Kida, Yuichiro ^a   Imasaka, Totaro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PUMPING (LASER); ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

NONLINEAR PULSE; PUMP PULSE; RAMAN COHERENCE; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 30944456780     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002642     Document Type: Article

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