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PUBLICATIONS

Coherent Rayleigh Scattering

Published

Author(s)

J H. Grinstead, P F. Barker

Abstract

Nonresonant four-wave mixing in rarefied gases in which the nonlinearity arises from microscopic velocity perturbations induced by electrostriction has been analyzed theoretically and experimentally. The spectral distribution of the signal beam was computed from a solution to Boltzmann's equation with a periodic force due to the optical fields. Calculated spectral profiles of scattering from CH4, N2, CO2, and SO2 in the Knudsen regime are shown to be in excellent agreement with measured lineshapes, which are approximately 10% wider than corresponding spontaneous Rayleigh scattering profiles.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

electrostriction, gases, nonlinear, nonresonant, Rayleigh scattering, thermometry

Citation

Grinstead, J. and Barker, P. (2008), Coherent Rayleigh Scattering, Physical Review Letters (Accessed October 27, 2025)

Issues

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Created October 16, 2008
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