2-PHOTON RESONANT 3RD HARMONIC-GENERATION IN HG

Authors
KOUDOUMAS E EFTHIMIOPOULOS T
Citation
E. Koudoumas et T. Efthimiopoulos, 2-PHOTON RESONANT 3RD HARMONIC-GENERATION IN HG, Laser chemistry, 13(2), 1993, pp. 129-142
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Laser chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
02786273
Volume
13
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
129 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-6273(1993)13:2<129:2R3HIH>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Third-harmonic generation in Hg vapors, using the two-photon resonance 6S-1(0)-8S-1(0) transition is theoretically and experimentally invest igated. Calculations of the Hg contribution to the phase mismatch are presented and the effects of the absorption of the radiation, the popu lation transfer, the saturation, and the ionization on the efficiency of the system are considered. It is shown that the population transfer is the dominant mechanism affecting the efficiency.