The amazing cadmium atom

    Authors

    W. T. Silfvast

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

    Keywords

    cadmium; cadmium lasers; metal vapor lasers; mode-locking; photoionization lasers; recombination lasers; RECOMBINATION LASERS; PLASMA; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    In this paper, I summarize the unique properties of the Cd atom that have lead to many new types of laser excitation schemes and processes that began 35 years ago. These include the CW blue and ultraviolet laser transitions in Cd+, the generation of 125-ps pulses (the shortest mode-locked pulses at that time), the process of Penning ionization as a laser excitation mechanism, recombination lasers produced by both laser-produced plasmas and a new segmented are recombination laser (SPER laser) and the first soft-X-ray pumped photoionization laser; which are all described briefly herein.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

    Volume

    6

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1400

    Last Page

    1407

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000167275600064

    ISSN

    1077-260X

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