28 research outputs found
A very convenient setup to generate intense VUV coherent light at 125 nm with use of nonlinear effects in mercury vapor at room temperature
Using only one dye laser, efficient generation of VUV radiation (10^13 photons/pulse) is demonstrated at 125.140 nm and 125.053 nm by four-wave sum-frequency mixing in a room-temperature mercury vapor. The emission at 125.053 nm, which is out of two-photon resonance but near three-photon resonance, has been observed for the first time and is carefully analyzed. In particular, numerical calculations have been carried out for gaussian pump beams taking into account absorption of VUV photons and optical Kerr effect. The results of the calculations reproduce the VUV emission lineshape and power saturation effects measured in the experiment
Réalisation de réseaux sur polymÚres par laser UV
Nous présentons ici une méthode trÚs simple de réalisation de réseaux d'amplitude de pas sub-micronique
sur des films polymÚres à base de carbazote déposés sur des substrat de silice. Les réseaux sont fabriqués en irradiant avec un
faisceau laser à 193 nm un masque de phase placé au contact du film. La qualité des réseaux obtenus permet désormais
d'envisager la réalisation de micro-cavités lasers de type planaire permettant de sélectionner une émission laser monomode
autour de 400Â nm
GENERATION OF COHERENT TUNABLE VUV RADIATION IN MERCURY
An experimental set-up for generating VUV light with use of non linear techniques in mercury is described. The effect of the buffer gas on a specific emission at 125 nm is discussed
Photoluminescence of donorâacceptor carbazole chromophores
Absorption and emission features of various chromophores both in the solid amorphous state and in solution are presented. These 1-(N-ethyl-carbazolyl)-2-substituted-2-cyanovinylene molecules contain in their structure the electron-donor carbazole nucleus and cyanovinylene bearing different acceptor moieties such as either another nitrile function, a methylester, a phenyl, or a para-nitro-phenyl group. It is shown that depending on the strength of the donorâacceptor internal charge transfer, both the absorption and emission spectra are more or less red-shifted. It is found that the methylester derivative displays the best relative photoluminescence efficiency among all the samples. From solvatochromic studies we showed that the remarkable luminescence of the cyanoester derivative can be attributed to a strong dipole moment in the excited state. Furthermore, cyanoester microcrystallites exhibited spectral narrowing which was attributed to an amplified spontaneous emission
Bulk photoconductivity of CVD diamond films for UV and XUV detection
International audienceOwing to its semiconducting properties (wide band gap, high electron and hole mobility), diamond is an interesting material for UV and XUV photodetection. In the present study, we have characterized UV and evaluated XUV diamond photodetector efficiency using volume photoconductivity instead of usual surface interdigited devices. The detectors have been tested under over-gap (13 and 193 nm) as well as sub-gap nanosecond laser irradiation (266 nm). For each wavelength, electrical characteristics of the devices have been measured as a function of bias voltage and laser fluences. The particular sandwich configuration of the detectors has shown a charge effect under over-gap irradiation. This appears by the amplitude reduction of successive pulses, and also from the different response for AC and DC bias. The suitability of these devices is discussed, the final aim being to validate bulk structures for wide band imaging devices
Photodétecteurs ultra-rapides pour la métrologie d'impulsions UV-X
Des photodĂ©tecteurs sont dĂ©veloppĂ©s au LETI/DEIN du CEA Saclay pour la mĂ©trologie d'impulsions de rayonnements VIS, UV, X et gamma, couvrant un large domaine d'Ă©nergie compris entre 1 eV et plusieurs dizaines de MeV. RĂ©cemment, des dĂ©tecteurs "solar blind" en diamant ont Ă©tĂ© mis au point pour la caractĂ©risation d'impulsions VUV Ă 125 nm (ÏLMH ~ 7 ns) produites par mĂ©lange d'ondes dans une cellule de vapeur de mercure. Pour ce type de source, une difficultĂ© majeure provient de la prĂ©sence simultanĂ©e du signal VUV gĂ©nĂ©rĂ© et des composantes du laser de pompage. Les dĂ©tecteurs permettent la caractĂ©risation de la forme et de l'intensitĂ© des impulsions VUV sans ĂȘtre perturbĂ©s par le signal simultanĂ© Ă 313 nm. Ce type de dĂ©tecteur a Ă©galement Ă©tĂ© utilisĂ© pour la mĂ©trologie d'impulsions X de basse Ă©nergie (E < 1 keV) avec une rĂ©solution temporelle infĂ©rieure Ă 70 ps en acquisition monocoup