Control of spectral distribution of Raman sidebands in impulsively stimulated rotational Raman scattering
- 4 February 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 80 (5) , 894-896
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1446989
Abstract
We investigate the dependence of the intensity distribution of the impulsively stimulated rotational Raman sidebands from hydrogen gas on the polarization of the prepump and pump pulses. The results show that the energy flow direction of the pump pulse can be confined to either the Stokes side or the anti-Stokes side by changing the polarization of the 60 fs pump pulse. It is found that the use of a linearly polarized pump pulse is the most effective way to generate the largest number of Raman components as possible.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Optical frequency conversion by a rotating molecular wave plateOptics Letters, 2001
- Synthesis of periodic femtosecond pulse trains in the ultraviolet by phase-locked Raman sideband generationOptics Letters, 2001
- Generation of high-order rotational lines in hydrogen by four-wave Raman mixing in the femtosecond regimeIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1998
- Image upconversion via unidirectional anti-Stokes generation by reverse-circularly polarized pump beamsApplied Physics Letters, 1997
- Generation of high-order rotational lines by four-wave Raman mixing using a high-power picosecond Ti:Sapphire laserApplied Physics B Laser and Optics, 1996
- Generation of vibrational and rotational emissions by four-wave Raman mixing using an ultraviolet femtosecond pump beamOptics Letters, 1995
- Raman shifting of picosecond light pulses in hydrogen gasApplied Optics, 1991
- Coherent molecular vibrational motion observed in the time domain through impulsive stimulated Raman scatteringIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1988
- Frequency shifts in stimulated Raman scatteringOptics Communications, 1980