Third-harmonic Rayleigh scattering: theory and experiment Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We present an analytical model for describing optical third-harmonic generation from a sphere that is small compared with the wavelength of light. Analysis of the problem shows that the power of the third harmonic from a sphere that is small compared with the waist size and the confocal parameter of the beam is proportional to the fourth power of a sphere's size. Experiments with different spheres both in index-matching and non-index-matching liquids are performed and confirm theoretical predictions. 2005 Optical Society of America.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

author list (cited authors)

  • Shcheslavskiy, V. I., Saltiel, S. M., Faustov, A., Petrov, G. I., & Yakovlev, V. V.

citation count

  • 15

complete list of authors

  • Shcheslavskiy, VI||Saltiel, SM||Faustov, A||Petrov, GI||Yakovlev, VV

publication date

  • November 2005