Spontaneous and stimulated Raman scattering near metal nanostructures in the ultrafast, high-intensity regime

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2634-2639

  Scalora, M ^a   Vincenti, M A ^a   De Ceglia, D ^a   Grande, M ^b   Haus, J W ^b,c  

^a US Army AMRDEC Development   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

ATOMIC INVERSION; BLOCH VECTORS; FIELD DYNAMICS; GAIN SATURATION; LOCAL FIELDS; METAL NANOSTRUCTURE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POPULATION INVERSIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

EID: 84885450487     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.002634     Document Type: Article

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