Efficient gas-phase generation of coherent vacuum ultraviolet radiation

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作者
Merriam, AJ [1 ]
Sharpe, SJ [1 ]
Xia, H [1 ]
Manuszak, D [1 ]
Yin, GY [1 ]
Harris, SE [1 ]
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[1] Stanford Univ, Edward L Ginzton Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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10.1364/OL.24.000625
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the demonstration of a pulsed atomic lead (Pb) vapor-based vacuum ultraviolet frequency converter from 233 to 186 nm with unity photon-conversion efficiency. This conversion is attained without phase matching, (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.
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页码:625 / 627
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