Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 25, Issue 4, 515(2005)
Spatial Effects in the Pump-Probe Process with Higher Order Nonlinearity
In femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy, spatial resolved probe signal reflects the nonlinear effects of the sample in different spatial positions. However, as the pump intensity increases, high order, especially fifth-order nonlinear effects will appear in the probe signal. The split-step method is used to directly solve the nonlinear propagation equation with one transverse dimension. In the numerical simulation, the effects of fifth-order nonlinearity in pump probe process are studied for different pump intensities and spatial positions. For sufficient intense pump field, the probe signal show distinct interference between the third- and fifth-order nonlinear polarization. Clearly oscillation has been observed in the signal. At the spatial position far away from the center of the pump field, the fifth-order contribution of the probe decays much faster than the third-order contribution. The physical mechanism and intention are discussed qualitatively.
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[in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. Spatial Effects in the Pump-Probe Process with Higher Order Nonlinearity[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2005, 25(4): 515