Experimental observation of the interference of three- and five-wave mixing processes in optical second harmonic generation in a solution of bacteriorhodopsin

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Balakin, AV [1 ]
Koroteev, NI [1 ]
Pakulev, AV [1 ]
Shkurinov, AP [1 ]
Boucher, D [1 ]
Masselin, P [1 ]
Fertein, E [1 ]
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[1] UNIV LITTORAL,LAB PHYS CHIM ATMOSPHERE,F-59379 DUNKERQUE 1,FRANCE
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10.1134/1.567261
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The generation of a femptosecond second harmonic in a bacteriorhodopsin solution is investigated. It is shown that the behavior of the harmonic can be explained by the coherent interference of several contributions from three- and five-wave mixing processes (chi((2)) and chi((4))). The magnitude and phase of the fourth-order electronic susceptibility chi((4)) of the medium with respect to chi((2)) determined. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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