The origin and mechanism of backward stimulated Rayleigh scattering in two-photon absorbing media are studied theoretically and experimentally. This type of stimulated scattering has the unusual features of no frequency shift and low pump threshold requirement compared to all other known stimulated scattering effects. This frequency-unshifted stimulated Rayleigh scattering effect can be well ex...

Light scattering and absorption by particles suspended in the atmosphere modifies the transfer of solar energy in the atmosphere, thereby influencing global and regional climate change and atmospheric visibility. Of particular interest are the optical properties of particles in the Rayleigh regime, where particles are small compared with the wavelength of the scattered or absorbed light, becaus...

The Rayleigh scattering length has been calculated for rare-gas liquids in the ultraviolet for the frequencies at which they luminesce. The calculations are based on the measured dielectric constants in the UV in the gas phase, in some cases extrapolated to the wavelength of luminescence. The scattering length may place constraints on the design of some large-scale detectors, using UV luminesce...

The Rayleigh scattering length has been calculated for rare-gas liquids in the ultraviolet for the frequencies at which they luminesce. The calculations are based on the measured dielectric constants in the UV in the gas phase, in some cases extrapolated to the wavelength of luminescence. The scattering length may place constraints on the design of some large-scale detectors, using UV luminesce...

A novel intracavity laser diagnostic has been developed to perform quantitative two-dimensional imaging of major species and temperature by using spontaneous Raman scattering and Rayleigh scattering in a turbulent flame. A flash-lamp-pumped dye laser cavity is modified to include sheet-forming optics and 100% reflecting end mirrors. In a comparison of this system with a laser configuration with...

Single-wall carbon nanotubes can be probed optically by elastic light scattering. This effect forms the basis of a technique, termed Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy, for the study of individual nanotubes. Spectroscopic information on the electronic transitions of both semiconducting and metallic nanotubes is obtained by measuring the elastic scattering cross section as a function of photon ene...

Rayleigh and Raman scattering measurements have been performed i n the 20-inch, Mach 6 wind tunnel at the NASA Langley Research Center . Rayleigh results show signal levels which are much higher than expected f o r molecular scattering in the tunnel, while densities deduced from s p o n t a n e o u s Raman scattering of molecular nitrogen are in good agreement with t h e expected nitrogen densi...

Coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering (CRBS) in krypton at room temperature and moderate pressure has been studied experimentally. The experimental data is in good agreement with the theoretical lineshape developed by the authors. In this paper, we describe the details of the experiment. We also discuss the application of coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering in gas diagnostics.

We develop a quantum theory of atomic Rayleigh scattering. Scattering is considered as relaxation incident photons from selected mode free space to the reservoir other modes. Additional excitations states which appear are treated scattered light. show that an entangled state excited atom and photon formed during Due entanglement, never completely absorbed by atom. even if frequency incommensura...