Anti-Stokes Emission as a VUV and Soft X-Ray Source,

Abstract

A VUV and soft x-ray light source based on spontaneous anti-Stokes scattering from atomic population stored in a metastable level is described. Unique properties of this source include: narrow linewidth, tunability, linear polarization, picosecond time scale, and quite high spectral brightness. We show how the maximum source brightness, within its narrow linewidth, is that of a blackbody at the temperature T of a metastable storage level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA070337

Entities

People

  • J. Lukasik
  • James Forrest Young
  • L. J. Zych
  • Stephen E. Harris

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Cross Sections
  • Brightness
  • Emission
  • Energy Levels
  • Frequency
  • Ground State
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Linear Polarization
  • Picosecond Time
  • Scattering
  • Scattering Cross Sections
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Soft X Rays
  • Two Photon Absorption
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Solar Physics