RESONANCE-ENHANCED TIME-RESOLVED OPTICAL KERR EFFECT OF BETA-CAROTENE IN SOLUTION

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作者
FOGGI, P
KAMALOV, VF
RIGHINI, R
TORRE, R
机构
[1] European Laboratory of Nonlinear Spectroscopy, University of Florence, Florence
[2] Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Florence, 50121
[3] Photochemistry Department, Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117977
[4] Department of Physics, University of Florence, Florence, 50125
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10.1364/OL.17.000775
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A sharp resonant amplification of the third-order susceptibility of a diluted beta-carotene solution in dodecane is observed by means of the time-resolved optical Kerr effect when the wavelength of the probe is tuned in the range of 490-570 nm. The resonance is well in the red with respect to the 0-0 first electronic transition; some evidence is given of the possible role of higher excited states and of two-photon resonance.
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