Coherent 455 nm beam production in a cesium vapor.

نویسندگان

  • J T Schultz
  • S Abend
  • D Döring
  • J E Debs
  • P A Altin
  • J D White
  • N P Robins
  • J D Close
چکیده

We observe coherent, cw, 455 nm blue-beam production via frequency upconversion in cesium vapor. Two IR lasers induce strong double excitation in a heated cesium vapor cell, allowing the atoms to undergo a double cascade and produce a coherent, collimated, blue beam copropagating with the two IR pump lasers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 34 15  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009