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Optical four-wave mixing in bulk polymers

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A multiplex CARS scheme is used to study the bulk polymers poly-(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and poly-(vinyl toluene) (PVT). A coherent signal resulting from optical four-wave mixing is obtained with electronic and Raman-resonant parts. The magnitude of the third-order optical susceptibility tensor of these polymers is experimentally estimated. Significant enhancement of the total susceptibility by the Raman resonances is observed for PVT.

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Hadjichristov, G.B., Kircheva, P.P. Optical four-wave mixing in bulk polymers. Appl. Phys. B 55, 373–377 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333084

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