Coherent 455 nm beam production in a cesium vapor

Opt Lett. 2009 Aug 1;34(15):2321-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.34.002321.

Abstract

We observe coherent, cw, 455 nm blue-beam production via frequency upconversion in cesium vapor. Two IR lasers induce strong double excitation in a heated cesium vapor cell, allowing the atoms to undergo a double cascade and produce a coherent, collimated, blue beam copropagating with the two IR pump lasers.