2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION IN ATOMIC-HYDROGEN INDUCED BY A CHARGE-SEPARATION FIELD

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作者
MARMET, L
HAKUTA, K
STOICHEFF, BP
机构
[1] UNIV ELECTROCOMMUN, DEPT APPL PHYS & CHEM, CHOFU, TOKYO 182, JAPAN
[2] UNIV ELECTROCOMMUN, INST LASER SCI, CHOFU, TOKYO 182, JAPAN
[3] ONTARIO LASER & LIGHTWAVE RES CTR, TORONTO M5S 1A7, ONTARIO, CANADA
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D O I
10.1364/JOSAB.9.001038
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Second-harmonic generation in the absence of an externally appplied electric field was investigated near 121.6 nm in atomic hydrogen. It was shown that three-photon ionization produces a local electric field due to charge separation that in turn induces second-harmonic generation in this otherwise isotropic medium. The magnitude of the charge-separation field was determined from the observed second-harmonic power and was found to be in good agreement with a calculated value based on the measured number of photo-ions, the interaction volume, and the incident laser pulse duration.
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页码:1038 / 1046
页数:9
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