Femtosecond Time-Domain Observation Of Atmospheric Absorption In The Near-Infrared Spectrum

Abstract

As light propagates through a medium, absorption caused by electronic or rovibrational transitions is evident in the transmitted spectrum. The incident electromagnetic field polarizes the medium and the absorption is due to the imaginary part of the linear susceptibility. In the time domain, the field establishes a coherence in the medium that radiates out of phase with the initial field. This coherence can persist for tens of picoseconds in atmospheric molecules such as H2O. We propagate a few-cycle laser pulse centered at 1.8μm through the atmosphere and measure the long-lasting molecular coherence in the time domain by high-order harmonic cross correlation. The measured optical free-induction decay of the pulse is compared with a calculation based on the calculated rovibrational spectrum of H2O absorption.

Publication Date

12-9-2016

Publication Title

Physical Review A

Volume

94

Issue

6

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.063410

Socpus ID

85006010807 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85006010807

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