Abstract
A new method for accurately measuring the oscillator strengths of gases is presented. The technique is based on determining the phase-matching conditions for four-wave mixing in a gas mixture. When high gas pressures are used, the measurement is independent of the detailed spatial-mode properties of the laser. By using the known refractive index of argon as a reference, the oscillator strength of the xenon ground-state-to-7s [3/2]1 transition at 117.04 nm was found to be 0.098 ± 0.012.
© 1984 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
S. D. Kramer, M. G. Payne, and C. H. Chen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2(8) 1284-1286 (1985)
Kenzo Miyazaki, Hirofumi Sakai, and Takuzo Sato
Opt. Lett. 9(10) 457-459 (1984)
R. H. Lipson, P. E. LaRocque, and B. P. Stoicheff
Opt. Lett. 9(9) 402-404 (1984)