Sum frequency generation of cw 194 nm radiation in potassium pentaborate

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5257051

Hemmati, H; Bergquist, J C; Itano, W M

Narrowband, tunable cw radiation in the 194 nm region has been produced by sum frequency mixing in a potassium pentaborate (KB5) crystal. The input wavelengths required for 90/sup 0/ phase-matched sum frequency mixing (SFM) are approximately 257 nm and 792 nm. The tunable 792 nm radiation was obtained from a cw dye laser. The 257 nm radiation was obtained by frequency doubling the output of a cw argon ion laser in an ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) crystal. It is estimated that several microwatts of 194 nm radiation in a bandwidth of less than 10 MHz can be produced when all operating conditions are optimized.

• Research Organization: National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, CO
• OSTI ID: 5257051
• Report Number(s): CONF-820336-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 90
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
420300 -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
640302* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BORATES
BORIDES
BORON COMPOUNDS
COHERENT RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
FAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
FREQUENCY SELECTION
LASERS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM BORIDES
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
RADIATIONS
SOLID STATE LASERS
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION