Characteristic Parameters of Nonlinear Materials Tested

^a Contribution due to a NL absorption having a nonzero response time.
^b Contribution due to TPA.
^c Ref. 14.
^d Refs. 6 and 7.
^e Ref. 9.

Amplitudes of Absorption and Refractive Index Terms $A$ and $R$ in ZnSe

Relative Values of $R$ in ${\mathrm{CS}}_2$

Measured Values $R$, $H$, and $A$ in ${\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_5{\mathrm{NO}}_2$ $(l=1\hspace{0.5em}\mathbf{cm},$ $I_{10}=1000\hspace{0.5em}\mathrm{MW} {\mathrm{cm}}^{-2})$ a

^a Values of RWS gain g and phase retardation ρ of the weak beam versus the pump beam calculated in Ref. 16 are given for two values of the frequency change Ω of the probe beam.

Table 1

Characteristic Parameters of Nonlinear Materials Tested

^a Contribution due to a NL absorption having a nonzero response time.
^b Contribution due to TPA.
^c Ref. 14.
^d Refs. 6 and 7.
^e Ref. 9.

Table 2

Amplitudes of Absorption and Refractive Index Terms $A$ and $R$ in ZnSe

Table 3

Relative Values of $R$ in ${\mathrm{CS}}_2$

Table 4

Measured Values $R$, $H$, and $A$ in ${\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_5{\mathrm{NO}}_2$ $(l=1\hspace{0.5em}\mathbf{cm},$ $I_{10}=1000\hspace{0.5em}\mathrm{MW} {\mathrm{cm}}^{-2})$ a

^a Values of RWS gain g and phase retardation ρ of the weak beam versus the pump beam calculated in Ref. 16 are given for two values of the frequency change Ω of the probe beam.