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Infrared Degenerate Four-wave Mixing with Upconversion Detection for Quantitative Gas Sensing
Published on: March 22, 2019
Calculations of Stark-broadened line shapes in phase-conjugate degenerate four-wave mixing laser spectroscopy
Krzysztof Dzierzega1, Wiesław Olchawa
1M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, ulica Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland. krzycho@netmail.if.uj.edu.pl
Abstract:
The Stark-broadened line shapes for phase-conjugate degenerate four-wave mixing (PCDFWM) laser spectroscopy are studied. The line profiles are calculated for high-density (N(e) > 10(21) m(-3) plasma conditions and for different contributions of the Doppler broadening. Calculations are performed in the limit of low laser intensities using the perturbation approach. The theoretical model takes into account the Stark effect together with the ion dynamics, the electron collisions, and the Doppler effect. The resultant PCDFWM spectral profiles are significantly less broadened and less asymmetric than the emission profiles but shifted by similar magnitudes. Moreover, the results of our calculations show the sub-Doppler character of the PCDFWM profiles and also their strong dependence on the geometric configuration of the pump and the probe laser beams.
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