Nonresonant third order hyperpolarizability of rare gases and N2 determined by third harmonic generation

Third-Order Nonlinear Susceptibilities of Dye Solutions Determined by Third-Harmonic Generation

The third-order nonlinear susceptibilities xxxxx ( — ^ i> w i> &>i) versus concentration are determined for rhodamine 6G, fuchsin, and methylene blue in methanol. Third-harmonic generation of a modelocked Nd-glass laser is applied. The real and imaginary part of the nonlinear susceptibility are measured. A resonance enhancement due to absorption bands is observed. P A C S : 42.65, 42.65 B Phase...

Measurement of nonresonant third-order susceptibilities of various gases by the nonlinear interferometric technique

We applied nonlinear interferometry of coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) to measure the nonresonant third-order susceptibilities of various gases. Using argon as an internal calibration standard, we determined the effective nonresonant susceptibilities of acetylene, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen, oxygen, propane, carbon monoxide, Freon, and hydrogen from the amplitudes of the i...

Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Third-Order Harmonic Generation of Organic Materials

We design and fabricate metallic photonic crystals that are integrated with highly-efficient third-order nonlinear polymers. Compared with nanoparticle-doped composite materials, metallic photonic crystals are favorable due to the presence of Bragg-grating-modulated surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) with strong light localization in large spatial volumes to uniformly enhance the harmonic signal...

Relative value of the third-order nonresonant susceptibility of water.

Dispersion of nonresonant third-order nonlinearities in Silicon Carbide

In this paper we present a physical discussion of the indirect two-photon absorption (TPA) occuring in silicon carbide with either cubic or wurtzite structure. Phonon-electron interaction is analyzed by finding the phonon features involved in the process as depending upon the crystal symmetry. Consistent physical assumptions about the phonon-electron scattering mechanisms are proposed in order ...