Abstract

We report the first observation of third-harmonic generation (THG) in molecular gases. Using a CO <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</inf> TEA laser and choosing molecules with vibrational transitions that contribute to a resonance enhancement of the third-order susceptibility tensor we have studied absolute conversion efficiencies, spectral response, and pressure dependences for THG in SF <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">6</inf> , BCl <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</inf> , and CO and compared the results to theoretical predictions.

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