• DocumentCode
    2862948
  • Title

    Enhanced production of coherent pulsed radiation at 125 nm: The route towards a tabletop VUV laser

  • Author

    Chénais, S. ; Forget, S. ; Castex, M.-C.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Phys. des Lasers, Univ. Paris, Villetaneuse
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel approach is used to enhance by nearly two orders of magnitude the conversion efficiency of a 125 nm-coherent source, based on four-wave mixing in room-temperature mercury vapor. Saturation issues are observed and discussed.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; mercury (metal); multiwave mixing; optical focusing; optical harmonic generation; Hg; absorption coefficient; coherent pulsed radiation; conversion efficiency; enhanced production; four-wave mixing; frequency doubling; mercury vapor; tabletop VUV laser; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 125 nm; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Laser beams; Mercury (metals); Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Production; (140.7240) UV, XUV, and X-ray lasers; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627721
  • Filename
    4627721