Title :
Stimulated electrostrictive and thermal Rayleigh scattering in liquids
Author :
Jirauschek, C. ; Jeffrey, E.M. ; Faris, G.W.
Author_Institution :
Molecular Phys. Lab., SRI Int., Menlo Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We measured stimulated Rayleigh scattering in a pump and probe experiment at 1064 nm. An injection-seeded Nd:YAG laser provided the pump beam. An external cavity diode laser was used to probe the nonlinearity produced by the pump. The two beams were overlapped in a counterpropagating geometry in a cell containing the liquid. The gain signal was measured with a InGaAs photodiode.
Keywords :
electrostriction; laser beams; nonlinear optics; optical pumping; photodiodes; stimulated Raman scattering; 1064 nm; InGaAs; InGaAs photodiode; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; counterpropagating geometry; external cavity diode laser; gain signal; injection-seeded Nd:YAG laser; liquids; nonlinearity; pump and probe experiment; pump beam; stimulated Rayleigh scattering; stimulated electrostrictive scattering; thermal Rayleigh scattering; Diode lasers; Electrostriction; Gain measurement; Geometrical optics; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Liquids; Probes; Pump lasers; Rayleigh scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2001. QELS '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-663-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2001.961811
