title: Increased efficiency of vacuum ultraviolet generation by stimulated anti-stokes Raman scattering with stokes seeding.
abstract: Stimulated anti-Stokes Raman scattering in molecular hydrogen allows for the generation of continuously tunable narrow-bandwidth radiation down to the transmission limit of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) window materials. Simultaneous irradiation of UV-pump radiation (in this application, dye laser radiation of wavelength lambda = 372 nm) and of radiation whose wavelength corresponds to the first Stokes component allows a considerable increase in efficiency-by nearly 2 orders of magnitude in the far VUV. The additional Stokes radiation is generated in a simple manner during the passage of the unfocused pump radiation through a high-pressure Raman cell that precedes the VUV Raman cell.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goehlich
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Czarnetzki
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Döbele