Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering of two-phonon complexes in diamond

Opt Express. 2009 Nov 9;17(23):20794-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.020794.

Abstract

Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) associated with the second-order Raman process has been confirmed in diamond. Frequency dependence of CARS was analyzed using two-color synchronously-generated picosecond pulses. Resonance enhancement of chi((3)) was observed at an energy shift corresponding to the overtone Sigma branch (K point) phonon, as well as the fundamental Raman-active Gamma((25+)) phonon. The excitation spectrum of CARS at the two-phonon resonance region showed dispersive dependence, reflecting the interference of resonant CARS and nonresonant four-wave mixing scattering.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Diamond*
  • Equipment Design
  • Lasers
  • Light
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Spectrophotometry / methods
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / methods

Substances

  • Diamond