• DocumentCode
    2262103
  • Title

    Sub-5 fs pulse generation in vacuum ultraviolet using four wave mixing in hollow fibers

  • Author

    Babushkin, I.V. ; Noack, F. ; Herrmann, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate the potential of four-wave mixing for VUV pulse generation in hollow waveguides with unprecedented short pulse durations and predict the generation of a 2.5 fs pulse at 160 nm using a 10 fs, 800 nm idler.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical pulse generation; VUV pulse generation; four wave mixing; hollow fibers; hollow waveguides; short pulse durations; Atom optics; Biomedical optical imaging; Four-wave mixing; Hollow waveguides; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
  • 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
    4572599