Tunable VUV radiation generated by two-photon resonant frequency mixing in xenon

Author

Hilbig, R. ; Wallenstein, R.

Author_Institution

Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Bielefeld, Germany

Volume

Issue

fYear

1983

fDate

2/1/1983 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

201

Abstract

Efficient two-photon resonant frequency conversion of powerful pulsed dye laser radiation generates in Xe intense VUV light at $\\omega _{VUV} = 2\\omega _{UV} - \\omega _{D}$ . The frequency ωUVis tuned to the 5p-6p [ $frac{5}{2},2$ ] two-photon resonance ( $\\lambda _{UV} = 255.9$ nm). For dye laser radiation ωDat $\\lambda _{D} = 300-760$ nm ωVUVis tunable in the spectral range of $\\lambda _{VUV} = 155-220$ nm. The resonantly enhanced conversion efficiency is typically 0.05-0.2 percent; the generated VUV pulse power $P_{VUV} = 0.5-1$ kW. The experimental results provide detailed information on conversion limiting saturation phenomena and their dependence on the input power and the detuning of ωUVfrom the two-photon resonance.

Keywords

Dye lasers; Optical mixers; Optical resonance; Ultraviolet generation; Xenon materials/devices; Frequency conversion; Gas lasers; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Power lasers; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Tunable circuits and devices; Xenon;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.1983.1071833

Filename

1071833

Link To Document

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