Vacuum ultraviolet rare-gas excimer emissions initiated by high-intensity-laser-produced electrons

Summary form only given. We have demonstrated rare-gas excimer production using a tabletop femtosecond high-intensity laser as an excitation source. High-intensity-laser-produced electrons via optical-field-induced ionization (OFI) make themselves analogous to the electron-beam produced plasma electrons. For example, electron temperature produced by the OFI can be controlled by ionizing laser parameters such as polarization, wavelength, and focused intensity. If the initial plasma conditions of the electron beam excitation are fulfilled by using a femtosecond-laser-produced plasma, a tabletop repetitive VUV rare-gas excimer lasers could be operated in a more practical fashion.