Incoherent subharmonic light scattering in isotropic media

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2005 Feb;61(4):575-8. doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2004.05.008.

Abstract

Incoherent subharmonic light scattering in isotropic media is a new kind of nonlinear light scattering, which involves single input photon and multiple output photons of equal frequency. We investigate theoretically the dependence of the subharmonic scattering intensity on the hyperpolarizability of molecules and the incident intensity using nonlinear optics theory similar to that used for Hyper-Rayleigh scattering and degenerate optical parametric oscillators. It is derived that the subharmonic scattering intensities grow exponentially or superexponentially with the hyperpolarizability of molecules and the incident intensity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Light*
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Models, Chemical
  • Models, Statistical
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Photons
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Spectrophotometry / methods*

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances