Title

The amazing cadmium atom

Authors

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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