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Forward four-wave mixing (FFWM) of ultrashort light pulses is considered theoretically under their coherent propagation in a resonant-absorbing medium. Nonlinear equations describing FFWM are obtained and studied and it is shown that the energy exchange between pulses of exact resonance may lead to the enhancement of weak radiation. The influence of input radiation parameters and interaction geometry on the FFWM characteristics has been studied.
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Apanasevich, P.A., Afanas'ev, A.A., Dritz, V.V. et al. Coherent forward four-wave mixing of ultrashort radiation pulses in a resonant medium. Opt Quant Electron 18, 129–135 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032120
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