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arXiv:1809.06503 · Physical Review Letters

Superfluorescence, Free-Induction Decay, and Four-Wave Mixing: Propagation of Free-Electron Laser Pulses through a Dense Sample of Helium Ions

James Robert Harries, Hiroshi Iwayama, Susumu Kuma, Masatomi Iizawa, Norihiro Suzuki, Yoshiro Azuma, Ichiro Inoue, Shigeki Owada, Tadashi Togashi, Kensuke Tono, Makina Yabashi, E. Shigemasa

Published Dec 28, 2018• 32 citations
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Abstract

We report an experimental and numerical study of the propagation of free-electron laser pulses (wavelength 24.3 nm) through helium gas. Ionization and excitation populates the He^{+} 4p state. Strong, directional emission was observed at wavelengths of 469, 164, 30.4, and 25.6 nm. We interpret the emissions at 469 and 164 nm as 4p-3s-2p cascade superfluorescence, that at 30.4 nm as yoked superfluorescence on the 2p-1s transition, and that at 25.6 nm as free-induction decay of the 3p state.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.121.263201

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