Plasma-assisted coherent backscattering for standoff spectroscopy. uri icon

abstract

  • We show that an intense coherent backward signal can be generated through a Raman-type four-wave-mixing process using forward propagating fields only. Phase matching for this process is achieved through a plasma modulation of the refractive index. Applications to standoff spectroscopy are discussed.

published proceedings

  • Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Yuan, L., Dorfman, K. E., Zheltikov, A. M., & Scully, M. O.

citation count

  • 11

complete list of authors

  • Yuan, Luqi||Dorfman, Konstantin E||Zheltikov, Aleksei M||Scully, Marlan O

publication date

  • March 2012