Theoretical and experimental investigations of coherent phonon dynamics in sapphire crystal using femto- second time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/12/126301

Abstract We report on the theoretical and the experimental investigations of the coherent phonon dynamics in sapphire crystal using the femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (fs-CARS) technique. The temporal chirped white-light continuum (WLC) is used for the Stokes pulse, therefore we can perform the selective excitation of the phonon modes without using a complicated laser system. The expected quantum beat phenomenon is clearly observed. The theoretical formulas consist very well with the experimental results. The dephasing times of the excited phonon modes, the wavenumber difference, and the phase shift between the simultaneously excited modes are obtained and discussed. This work opens up a way to study directly high-frequency coherent phonon dynamics in bulk crystals on a femtosecond time scale and is especially helpful for understanding the nature of coherent phonons.

Keywords: coherent phonon femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering dephasing quantum beat

Received: 26 February 2011
Revised: 14 June 2011
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PACS:	63.20.-e	(Phonons in crystal lattices)
	42.65.Dr	(Stimulated Raman scattering; CARS)
	42.50.Md	(Optical transient phenomena: quantum beats, photon echo, free-induction decay, dephasings and revivals, optical nutation, and self-induced transparency)
	78.47.jh	(Coherent nonlinear optical spectroscopy)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20973050).

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Du Xin(杜鑫), Zhang Ming-Fu(张明福), He Xing(何兴), Meng Qing-Kun(孟庆琨), Song Yun-Fei(宋云飞), Yang Yan-Qiang(杨延强), and Han Jie-Cai(韩杰才) Theoretical and experimental investigations of coherent phonon dynamics in sapphire crystal using femto- second time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 126301

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