Coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering in molecular gases Academic Article

abstract

• An experimental and theoretical study of the coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering in molecular gases in the kinetic regime was analyzed. By two crossing pump laser beams through optical dipole forces, gas density perturbation waves were generated. Kinetic theory was used to model the line shape of the scattered light. It was shown that the model takes into account the internal energy modes of the gas particles and is applicable to both molecular and atomic gases. The implication of coherent Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering on kinetic theory and photon matter interaction was discussed.

authors

• Miles, Richard

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Pan, X. G., Shneider, M. N., & Miles, R. B.

citation count

• 103

complete list of authors

• Pan, XG||Shneider, MN||Miles, RB

publication date

• March 2004

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.033814

start page

• 033814

volume

• 69

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.69.033814