MULTILEVEL NONLINEAR EFFECTS IN THE AMPLIFICATION OF ULTRASHORT LASER-PULSES IN CO2

被引:5
作者
CHELKOWSKI, S
BANDRAUK, AD
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[1] Departement de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
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10.1364/JOSAB.7.000090
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A numerical study of coherent laser pulse evolution in CO2 in the framework of the Maxwell-Schr6dinger equations up to the intensity 1013 W/cm2 is presented. The model includes various nonresonant vibrational-rotational transitions usually neglected in low-intensity simulations. Level degeneracy is taken into account, and lightpolarization effects are discussed. The limiting intensities up to which various models work are established. © 1990, Optical Society of America.
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