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A quantum mechanically based propagation model for serial three-wave interactions in optically pumped lasers: 50 μm AND 66 μm in D2O

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Within the framework of a semiclassical description, Maxwell's equations coupled to the density matrix equations, the serial three-wave problem comprised of a strong pump (P(32) 9 μm CO2 band) and two emission waves (50 μm and 66 μm) is studied and compared with experiments in a single pass amplifier configuration. The overall evolution is shown to be consistent with emitted waves evolving as separate stimulated Raman waves, with a chirp on the FIR caused by AC Stark shifts by the pump, and with orientational effects leading to a preferential polarization. No evidence for three-photon interactions is indicated at the intensity levels available in the experiments.

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  1. S. J. Petuchowski

    Present address: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  2. T. A. DeTemple

    Present address: Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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  1. Electro-Physics Laboratory Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 61801, Urbana, Illinois

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Petuchowski, S.J., DeTemple, T.A. A quantum mechanically based propagation model for serial three-wave interactions in optically pumped lasers: 50 μm AND 66 μm in D2O. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 1, 387–414 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007323

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