Femtosecond optical Kerr studies on the origin of the nonlinear responses in simple liquids

Author

McMorrow, Dale ; Lotshaw, William T. ; Kenney-Wallace, Geraldine A.

Author_Institution

Lash Miller Lab., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

24

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

443

Lastpage

454

Abstract

The time-resolved optical Kerr responses of several simple molecular liquids are probed with 65-fs laser pulses. Four dynamically distinct responses associated with the nonlinear susceptibility are observed in every liquid that possesses a permanent anisotropic polarizability. A simple model that specifically includes inertial effects provides an excellent description of the entire temporal profile of the Kerr signal of each liquid investigated. The role of coherent-coupling effects in the interpretation of optical Kerr data is outlined both experimentally and theoretically

Keywords

liquids; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical Kerr effect; Kerr signal; anisotropic polarizability; coherent-coupling effects; inertial effects; laser pulses; molecular liquids; nonlinear responses; nonlinear susceptibility; simple liquids; time-resolved optical Kerr responses; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Geometrical optics; Laser modes; Liquids; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Polarization; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.144

Filename

144