Influence of the 61 S 0–63 P 1 resonance on continuous Lyman-α generation in mercury

Applied Physics B - Tập 113 - Trang 559-566 - 2013
Daniel Kolbe1,2, Martin Scheid3,2,4, Jochen Walz3,2
1Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Mainz, Germany
2Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Mainz, Germany
3Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
4Carl Zeiss Laser Optics GmbH, Oberkochen, Germany

Tóm tắt

Continuous coherent radiation in the vacuum ultraviolet at 122 nm (Lyman-α) can be generated using sum-frequency mixing of three fundamental laser beams in mercury vapor. One of the fundamental beams is at 254 nm wavelength, which is close to the 61 S 0–63 P 1 resonance in mercury. Experiments have been performed to investigate the effect of this one-photon resonance on phase-matching, absorption and the nonlinear yield. The efficiency of continuous Lyman-α generation has been improved by a factor of 4.5.

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