• DocumentCode
    2256930
  • Title

    OFI rare-gas excimer amplifier for intense sub-picosecond VUV pulse generation

  • Author

    Kaku, Masanori ; Taniguchi, Yuta ; Oda, Kazuyoshi ; Katto, Masahito ; Yokotani, Atsushi ; Kubodera, Shoichi ; Miyanaga, Noriaki ; Mima, Kunioki

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Miyazaki Univ., Miyazaki
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the Ar2* amplification with a gain-length product of 6 pumped by a high- intensity laser and the generation of subpicosecond seed pulses at 126 nm using harmonic radiation of an infrared Ti:sapphire laser.
  • Keywords
    argon; excimer lasers; field ionisation; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; Ar2; gain length; harmonic radiation; high-intensity laser; infrared laser; intense VUV pulse generation; optical pumping; optical-field-induced ionization; rare-gas excimer amplifier; subpicosecond seed pulses; wavelength 126 nm; Argon; Chemical lasers; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Plasmas; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; X-ray lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers; (140.7240) UV, EUV, and X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572363