Resonantly enhanced four-wave mixing

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:863112

Begley, Richard F ^[1]; Kurnit, Norman A ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos, NM
2. Santa Fe, NM

A method and apparatus for achieving large susceptibilities and long interaction lengths in the generation of new wavelengths in the infrared spectral region. A process of resonantly enhanced four-wave mixing is employed, utilizing existing laser sources, such as the CO.sub.2 laser, to irradiate a gaseous media. The gaseous media, comprising NH.sub.3, CH.sub.3 F, D.sub.2, HCl, HF, CO, and H.sub.2 or some combination thereof, are of particular interest since they are capable of providing high repetition rate operation at high flux densities where crystal damage problems become a limitation.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4095121
• OSTI ID: 863112
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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