title: Subharmonic resonances in higher-order collision-enhanced wave mixing in a sodium-seeded flame.
abstract: Using four-, six-, and eight-wave-mixing geometries, we observe subharmonic resonances in collision-enhanced spectra in a sodium-seeded hydrogen-air flame. Appearing at high intensity, these resonances occur at +/-1/2, +/-1/3, +/-1/4, and +/-1/5 times the frequency of the ground-state hyperfine splitting omega(hfs). We argue that these resonances result from higher-order processes, specifically chi((n)), where n >/= 5. In particular, to describe the resonances at +/-omega(hfs)/5, at least chi((13)) is required. These high-order collision-enhanced effects are true perturbative nonlinearities and not sequential four-wave mixing processes.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trebino
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rahn