Pressure and power dependence of the optically heterodyne Raman-induced Kerr effect line shape
- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1081 (United States)
The effect of pressure and laser power on the high-resolution spectra of commonly available gases is studied with the help of the optically heterodyne Raman-induced Kerr effect (OHD-RIKE). The results show the expected pressure dependence of the spectra, but the effects of saturating laser power are different from previous similar studies employing other four-wave mixing techniques. In OHD-RIKE no observable sign of saturation such as power broadening, saturation dips in the line center, or deviation from a linear dependence of the signal strength with laser intensity was observed for several orders of magnitude greater intensities than previously reported for the saturation intensities in coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS). Saturation is therefore not the ultimate limit of sensitivity for OHD-RIKE. This may be an advantage of RIKE in comparison to other coherent Raman techniques. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 337536
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 59; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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