2024-03-28T08:21:47Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1419922022-09-22T13:56:04Zcom_10261_34com_10261_5col_10261_287
Oujja, M.
Benítez-Cañete, A.
Sanz, M.
Lopez-Quintas, Ignacio
Martín Muñoz, Margarita
de Nalda, R.
Castillejo, Marta
2017-01-02T17:46:00Z
2017-01-02T17:46:00Z
2015
Applied Surface Science 336: 53- 58 (2015)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/141992
10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.09.119
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339
Nonlinear frequency mixing induced by a bichromatic field (1064 nm + 532 nm obtained from a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser) in a boron carbide (B4C) plasma generated through laser ablation under vacuum is explored. A UV beam at the frequency of the fourth harmonic of the fundamental frequency (266 nm) was generated. The dependence of the efficiency of the process as function of the intensities of the driving lasers differs from the expected behavior for four-wave mixing, and point toward a six-wave mixing process. The frequency mixing process was strongly favored for parallel polarizations of the two driving beams. Through spatiotemporal mapping, the conditions for maximum efficiency were found for a significant delay from the ablation event (200 ns), when the medium is expected to be a low-ionized plasma. No late components of the harmonic signal were detected, indicating a largely atomized medium.
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Frequency mixing in boron carbide laser ablation plasmas
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