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Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2560–2563 (1999)

Generation of Multiple Phase-Locked Stokes and Anti-Stokes Components in an Impulsively Excited Raman Medium

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A. Nazarkin, G. Korn, M. Wittmann, and T. Elsaesser
Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

Received 10 May 1999; published in the issue dated 27 September 1999

We report on the observation of a highly efficient transformation of laser radiation into higher-order Stokes and anti-Stokes components in impulsively vibrationally excited gaseous SF6. The specific (Bessel-like) behavior of their intensity with the gas pressure reveals the mutual coherence of the generated frequencies. We propose this new regime of Raman frequency conversion for generation of sub-fs pulses.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2560
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2560
PACS:
42.65.Dr, 33.20.Fb