Title :
Time resolved harmonic generation from noble-gas clusters
Author :
Shim, B. ; Hays, G. ; Fomyts´kyi, M. ; Breizman, B. ; Ditmire, T. ; Downer, M.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Third-harmonic generation from noble-gas clusters by ultrashort probe pulses is more sharply resonantly-enhanced than linear absorption following heating by an ultrashort pump pulse. Simulations of cluster expansion and collective electron dynamics reproduce the observed trends.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; plasma heating by laser; plasma light propagation; noble-gas clusters; third-harmonic generation; time resolved harmonic generation; ultrashort pump pulse heating;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
