COHERENT AND INCOHERENT SPECULAR INVERSE FARADAY-EFFECT - CHI((3)) MEASUREMENTS IN OPAQUE MATERIALS

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作者
POPOV, SV [1 ]
ZHELUDEV, NI [1 ]
SVIRKO, YP [1 ]
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[1] MOSCOW GEN PHYS INST,MOSCOW 117942,RUSSIA
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10.1364/OL.19.000013
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report what is to our knowledge the first observation of coherent and incoherent terms of the specular inverse Faraday effect. The specular inverse Faraday effect is treated as a four-wave mixing phenomenon, and the role of the phase-conjugated wave in the polarization-altering interaction is disclosed. Several components of the nonresonant cubic susceptibility tenser in InSb and GaAs are measured and found to be in the 10(-7)-10(-6)-esu range.
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