Single-shot measurements with chirped pulses in coherent four-wave mixing

The possibilities of using chirped pulses for single-shot measurements in c oherent four-wave mixing (FWM) are examined. We consider various modificati ons of chirped-pulse FWM techniques, including degenerate and nondegenerate four-wave mixing, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering, and Raman-induced Kerr effect. Expressions for the slowly varying amplitudes and energies of nonlinear signals produced through such processes involving chirped pulses are derived.