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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Express

Keywords

Optics

Abstract

Two-beam coupling, attributed to Raman gain, is observed in dielectrics using chirped femtosecond pulses. A time resolved pump-probe geometry is used to vary the frequency difference between pulses in the terahertz frequency band. Stimulated Raman scattering couples the pulses transferring energy from the higher to the lower frequency beam, resulting in a dispersion shaped curve as a function of the temporal delay, dependent on the product of the pump and probe irradiances. The observed signal gives the Raman gain in SiO2 and PbF2 for detunings up to 10 THz (approximately 300 cm(-1)) using mm-thick samples. This method may also be sensitive to the electronic motion responsible for bound-electronic nonlinear refractive index, which could yield the optical response time of bound electrons.

Journal Title

Optics Express

Volume

1

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-1997

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

73

Last Page

76

WOS Identifier

WOS:000208801700003

ISSN

1094-4087

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