title: Efficient two-photon-resonant frequency conversion in mercury: the effects of amplified spontaneous emission.
abstract: Numerical modeling of two-photon-resonant sum-frequency mixing in mercury vapor predicts efficiencies >10% for generation of 130.2-nm oxygen resonance light. The modeling indicates that power broadening of the two-photon resonance due to amplified spontaneous emission from the pumped level strongly influences the mixing process. Measurements of the broadening and the efficiencies for difference-frequency mixing are presented as a check of the model calculations.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Esherick
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Alford