On electric-quadrupole and magnetic-dipole contributions to optical rectification in isotropic media near optical resonance

Roman Zawodny (1)

1 Physics

A molecular theory of resonant optical rectification via the second-order electric-dipole polarizability related to magnetic-dipole and electric-quadrupole interaction of an electromagnetic radiation with atoms and molecules of an isotropic medium is presented. The magnetic-dipole and electric-quadrupole contributions to Dc electric-dipole polarization can be produced by arbitrarily polarized light which has to be at resonance with a molecule. This effect can appear in an isotropic medium composed of molecules with arbitrary symmetries.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Roman Zawodny. On electric-quadrupole and magnetic-dipole contributions to optical rectification in isotropic media near optical resonance. Molecular Physics, 2007, 105 (10), pp.1441-1451. ⟨10.1080/00268970701390206⟩. ⟨hal-00513100⟩