Accession Number:

ADA067075

Title:

Three Resonant Nonlinear Optical Processes in Atomic Cesium.

Descriptive Note:

Doctoral thesis,

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DEPT OF PHYSICS

Personal Author(s):

• Smith,Arlee Virgil

Report Date:

1977-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

156.0

Abstract:

We have investigated three resonant nonlinear processes in atomic cesium vapor. They are third harmonic generation, two photon absorption, and parametric frequency conversion. Resonant enhancement of each is provided by tuning the ruby laser half the 6S - 9D transition frequency of 28828.90 cm. The parametric process involves, in addition, a resonance with one of the P states. We have studied the variation of each of the three processes with laser intensity and frequency. At exact resonance the THG is found to be proportional to the square of the laser intensity and the TPA is proportional to laser intensity over a large power range. The resonance lineshape for both processes is found to be power dependent. A detailed analysis of these two processes based on steady state density matrix calculations and including A. C. Stark shifts, photoionization, and beam geometry is shown to accurately describe most of our observations.

Descriptors:

• *CESIUM
• *ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY
• Q SWITCHING
• THESES
• RADIATION ABSORPTION
• THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION
• RESONANCE RADIATION
• TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION
• NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
• PHOTOIONIZATION
• STARK EFFECT
• RUBY LASERS
• PARAMETRIC FREQUENCY CONVERTERS

Subject Categories:

• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE