Non-resonant optical rectification in optically active liquids

It is shown that optical rectification can be produced by linearly polarized light via the fourth-order susceptibility in optically active liquids and solutions. In order to induce a static polarization, two beams of different frequency are necessary, however. The mechanisms responsible for the effe...

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Published in:Optics communications 1995, Vol.114 (1), p.131-135
Main Authors: WOZNIAK, S, WAGNIERE, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonlinear optics
Optical susceptibility, hyperpolarizability
Optics
Physics
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Summary:It is shown that optical rectification can be produced by linearly polarized light via the fourth-order susceptibility in optically active liquids and solutions. In order to induce a static polarization, two beams of different frequency are necessary, however. The mechanisms responsible for the effect are described in terms of both linear and nonlinear electric dipole polarizability tensors, and the magnitude of the effect is estimated.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/0030-4018(94)00498-J