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

2006/04/07 by Sebastien Chenais, Chenais, Sebastien, Sebastien Forget +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0604054

arxiv created 2006/04/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

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.

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