Effects of cross relaxation and line mixing on third-order nonlinearities of resonant systems. uri icon

abstract

  • The effect of cross relaxation, i.e., the transfer of coherence between transitions coupled by inelastic collisions, on third-order nonlinear processes, namely, saturated absorption and four-wave mixing, is studied within the context of a model four-level system. Numerical results displaying changes in the resonant structures in four-wave-mixing signals for a range of collisional parameters are presented. 1987 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev A Gen Phys

author list (cited authors)

  • Kumar, M. S., & Agarwal, G. S.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Kumar, MS||Agarwal, GS

publication date

  • May 1987