Steady-state approximations in Raman excitation equations
Abstract
This memo presents equations describing propagation of beams of nearly monochromatic radiation through a Raman-active molecular vapor, under conditions of steady excitation of quantum-mechanical molecules by classical radiation (i.e., radiation that comprises a large number of photons per mode). Such conditions apply in the continuous-wave experiments that are conducted to measure such properties as Raman gain or Raman scattering cross sections. Under those circumstances the propagation is described by rate equations for molecular excitation and rate equations for photon numbers. Although these conditions do not apply for short-pulse transient excitation, both types of processes are parameterized by the same molecular polarizability matrix elements. This memo discusses those parameters, as extracted from steady state observations.
- Publication:
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- Pub Date:
- December 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987ssar.rept.....S
- Keywords:
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- Approximation;
- Molecular Excitation;
- Raman Spectroscopy;
- Steady State;
- Scattering Cross Sections;
- Vapors;
- Wave Scattering;
- Atomic and Molecular Physics