Abstract
We propose a method for calculating the effects of saturation of optical transitions (and other nonlinear polarization mechanisms), and the effects of particle diffusion, on the reflection and transmission of light through a medium when surface reflections are important. We use a multiple shooting technique to solve the two-point boundary value problem specified by the nonlinear wave equation for the electric field and the rate equation for the excited state population density of the medium, and their boundary conditions. The method can be used to describe both saturable absorption of organic dyes in a Fabry-Perot cavity and strong field reflection and transmission of semiconductors. As an illustrative example, the intensity dependence of the reflection and transmission from a slab of InSb is calculated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3617-3623 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry