Two-photon-resonant difference-frequency mixing with an ArF excimer laser: Vacuum-ultraviolet generation and multiphoton spectroscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1856-1866

  Faris, Gregory W ^a   Meyer, Scott A ^a   Dyer, Mark J ^a   Banks, Michael J ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; IONIZATION; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

MULTIPHOTON SPECTROSCOPY;

EXCIMER LASERS;

EID: 0034368934     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001856     Document Type: Article

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