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Lith. J. Phys. 45, 101–108 (2005)


FOUR-WAVE MIXING IN A LIQUID SUSPENSION OF DIELECTRIC MICROSPHERES
A.A. Afanas’ev, A.N. Rubinov, S.Yu. Mikhnevich, and I.Ye. Yermolayev
B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, F. Skaryna Ave. 68, 220072 Minsk,
Republic of Belarus
E-mail: lvp@dragon.bas-net.by

Received 28 April 2005

In this work a theory of the degenerate four-photon parametric scattering (FPS) is developed in a liquid suspension of transparent microspheres (heterogeneous medium), the nonlinearity of which is caused by the change in the microsphere concentration under the action of gradient forces in the electromagnetic field of interacting waves. It is shown that the water suspension of latex spheres with diameter d = 0.234 μm and concentration N0 = 6.5·1010 cm−3, in effect of the FPS process, corresponds to a cubic nonlinear medium with the optical Kerr coefficient n2 that is larger by a factor of 105 than in the case of CS2.
Keywords: gradient forces, four-wave mixing, nonlinear medium, transparent dielectric microspheres
PACS: 42.65.-k


KETURBANGIS MAIŠYMAS SKYSTOJE DIELEKTRINIŲ MIKROSFERŲ SUSPENSIJOJE
A.A. Afanas’ev, A.N. Rubinov, S.Yu. Mikhnevich, I.Ye. Yermolayev
Fizikos institutas, Minskas, Baltarusija

Pateikta teorija, aprašanti išsigimusią keturfotonę parametrinę sklaidą (KPS) skystoje skaidrių mikrosferų suspensijoje (įvairialytėje medžiagoje), kurios netiesiškumą nulemia mikrosferų koncentracijos pokytis, susidaręs veikiant gradientinėms jėgoms sąveikaujančių bangų elektromagnetiniuose laukuose. Parodyta, kad latekso sferų, kurių diametras d = 0, 234 μm ir koncentracija N0 = 6,5·1010 cm−3, vandens suspensijoje vykstančios KPS efektyvumas atitinka kubinę netiesinę terpę, kurios optinis Kero koeficientas n2 daugiau kaip 105 kartų didesnis už atitinkamą CS2 koeficientą.


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