Study of two-photon resonant four-wave sum mixing in xenon in the spectral region of 105-110 nm

W. Al-Basheer; M. Hedén; Z. J. Cai; Y. J. Shi

doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.01.009

Study of two-photon resonant four-wave sum mixing in xenon in the spectral region of 105-110 nm

W. Al-Basheer
, M. Hedén
, Z. J. Cai
, Y. J. Shi

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Abstract

The two-photon resonant four-wave sum and difference mixing in Xe gaseous medium was studied by subjecting a variety of molecular samples, including acetone, furan, thiophene, triethylamine, and dimethylsilacyclobutane, to the coherent radiation sources produced from the four-wave mixing processes for ionization. Ionization of all samples studied showed similar behavior and is due to the laser radiation from four-wave sum mixing. It is demonstrated that in a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectral region of 105-110 nm four-wave sum mixing in Xe can only occur in five discontinued regions, all of which are to the blue of a Xe atomic transition. The peak positions and widths of the five spectral regions were characterized. Study of the triethylamine sample with its ionization energy lower than the photon energy of the VUV radiation from the difference mixing illustrated the competition between the sum and difference mixing occurring simultaneously in the Xe gas cell.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	59-66
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemical Physics
Volume	381
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.01.009
State	Published - 18 Mar 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada through the Discovery Grant, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through the New Opportunities Fund, the Alberta Provincial Government through the Innovation and Science, and the University of Calgary . The authors would like to thank Prof. Rob Thompson at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary for discussions and providing the calibrated He–Ne laser for calibrating our wavelength meter.

Keywords

Four-wave mixing
Nonlinear optics
Resonance enhancement
Vacuum ultraviolet radiation
Xenon

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General Physics and Astronomy
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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