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Three-photon absorption and its limitation of third-order nonlinear optical effects in rutile

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Three-photon absorption and three-photon-induced excited-state absorption of rutile are studied by transmission measurements using picosecond pulses of a mode-locked Nd: glass laser. The nonlinear absorption limits efficient stimulated Raman scattering. It reduces the efficiency of two-photon absorption of a picosecond probe continuum. Three-photon absorption coefficients, excited-state absorption cross sections, a Raman gain factor, and two-photon absorption cross-section spectra are determined. The arrangementsE⊥c andE ∥c are considered.

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Sathy, P., Penzkofer, A. Three-photon absorption and its limitation of third-order nonlinear optical effects in rutile. Appl. Phys. B 61, 127–134 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01090933

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