Generation of broadly tunable coherent VUV/XUV radiations in Xe and Kr

Broadly tunable coherent VUV/XUV radiations from 92 to 145 nm were generated by nonresonant four-wave sum-mixing (FWSM) and third-harmonic generation (THG) in pulsed jet of Xe or Kr. The dependence of phase-matching on gas density, atomic dispersion was observed. THG enhanced by third-photon resonant with the high Rydberg states in Xe was observed, and the resolved principal quantum number was up to 34.

双光子共振四波差频产生的真空紫外激光特性研究

介绍以惰性气体Xe为非线性介质、利用双光子共振四波混频差频方法产生的可调谐真空紫外激光(VUV)的特性研究 .实验中 ,传播方向和空间均相互重合的两束脉冲染料激光经透镜聚焦于Xe气混频池内 ,其中一束激光的波长 (2 4 9.6 2 6nm)对应于Xe原子 6P[1/2 ,0 ]←← 5P的双光子共振跃迁 ,通过调谐另一束激光的波长 ,产生在 15 1～ 171nm可连续调谐的VUV激光 .经估算 ,产生的VUV激光的强度约为每脉冲约 0 .2 μJ ,转换效率约为 0 .1% .通过测量超声射流冷却下CO分子的A1Π←X1Σ+ (0 ,0 )带的转动分辨激光诱导荧光 (LIF)光谱 ,确定出VUV激光的线宽为 0 .3cm-1.此外 ,还对VUV激光强度与惰性气体压力、染料激光强度等依赖关系进行了研究 .