Rotational sideband generation of femtosecond laser pulses via delayed four-wave Raman mixing in hydrogen

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  • Hiroyuki Kawano
  • Kenichi Ishikawa
  • Akira Suda
  • Katsumi Midorikawa
چکیده

We present the efficient frequency conversion of sub-100-fs visible laser pulses by delayed four-wave Raman mixing. Control of intensity distribution and polarization of rotational Raman sidebands is demonstrated by changing the polarization of pump and probe laser pulses. The mechanism of the rotational Raman sideband generation is investigated. It can be explained by angular momentum conservation.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002