NONRESONANT 5TH-ORDER NONLINEARITIES INDUCED BY ULTRASHORT INTENSE PULSES

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ARABAT, J
ETCHEPARE, J
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[1] Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique unité de Recherche Associée 1406, École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées-Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, 91120, 196, Avenue Henri-Ravera
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10.1364/JOSAB.10.002377
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We demonstrate the existence of chi(5) nonlinearities induced in a transparent glass by intense femtosecond pulses at 620 nm. Polarization selectivity associated with a transient-grating technique allows us to discriminate this contribution from the electronic third-order one. A value of 5 is measured for the ratio between symmetric and nonsymmetric elements for this fifth-order susceptibility. This value corresponds to the expected value deduced from the anharmonic model presented and is definitely attributed to a direct six-wave mixing process.
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