Abstract

It is well known that the influence of polarized radiation on the initially isotropic ensemble of molecules that are fixed in a matrix leads to the occurrence of an anisotropic medium. This light-induced anisotropy could be detected by the polarization-state variation of a weak probe signal in the fields of intense light wave. Dispersion of the anisotropic amplitude and the phase medium response provides information on the line-broadening character and about the properties of molecules and matrix. This paper discusses the influence of inhomogeneous broadening upon the spectral dependencies of the nonlinear photoanisotropic effects of polyatomic molecules in solutions.

© 1992 Optical Society of America