Electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation with reduced absorption in atomic hydrogen
- 4 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (5) , 596-599
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.596
Abstract
We show that dc-electric-field coupling of the 2s and 2p states in atomic hydrogen leads to resonantly enhanced second-order susceptibility with reduced absorption at the second-harmonic wavelength, and exact phase matching at the center of the Stark-split components.Keywords
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