Tunable, 178-nm iodine anti-Stokes Raman laser

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Opt. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.7.000204· OSTI ID:5507026

White, J C; Henderson, D

The first known observation of tunable, VUV-stimulated emission by anti-Stokes Raman scattering is reported. A metastable I* (5p/sup 5/ /sup 2/P/sup 0//sub 1/2/) population inversion is created with respect to the I ground state by selective photodissociation of NaI. With a 206-nm pump laser to drive the Raman process, anti-Stokes Raman-laser radiation at 178 nm was generated with a pulse energy of 35 ..mu..J and was tunable over 10 cm/sup -1/.

• Research Organization: Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
• OSTI ID: 5507026
• Journal Information: Opt. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 7:5; ISSN OPLED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GAS LASERS
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