ATOMIC OXYGEN DETECTION USING 2-PHOTON DEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING

Authors
PICARD YJ GRISCH F ATTALTRETOUT B LEBOITEUX S
Citation
Yj. Picard et al., ATOMIC OXYGEN DETECTION USING 2-PHOTON DEGENERATE 4-WAVE-MIXING, Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters, 39(1), 1997, pp. 49-58
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01787683
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
49 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-7683(1997)39:1<49:AODU2D>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report a new application of Forward Degenerate Four Wave Mixing to the two-photon transition 2p --> 3p of atomic oxygen. This spectroscop y has been used to detect oxygen atoms produced in a microwave dischar ge. The possibility to determine number densities over a range of micr owave plasma parameters is investigated. In contrast to conventional l inear techniques, quantitative data are relatively easy to obtain even for environments with high background luminosity, limited optical acc ess and inhomogeneous quenching.