Characteristics of resonant parametric conversion of infrared radiation in sodium vapor

Autor: Vladimir S Solomatin, S A Pleshanov, Andrey V Aleksandrov
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics. 12:322-326
ISSN: 0049-1748
DOI: 10.1070/qe1982v012n03abeh012177
Popis: A study was made of the dependences of the efficiency of resonant parametric frequency conversion in sodium vapor on the infrared radiation wavelength, vapor density, and detuning from two-photon pump resonance. It was found in this conversion system that for each infrared wave the conversion efficiency had three maxima on tuning the frequency of two-photon pumping over the region of a forbidden transition. The principal maximum was realized for accurate two-photon resonance, and the two other maxima resulted from a rise in the cubic susceptibility close to single-photon sum-frequency resonances. A quantum efficiency of 35% was achieved for a 9.26 μ infrared wave.
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