Title :
Plasma-enhanced third harmonic generation of ultrafast pulses focused in a gas
Author :
Hartinger, K. ; Bartels, Randy A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
Enhancement of 300times in third harmonic generation conversion efficiency for ultrafast laser pulses in gases is demonstrated. The enhancements are obtained by generating a spatially-localized plasma in the focal region of an ultrashort pulse.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; gas; plasma-enhanced third harmonic generation; spatially-localized plasma; third harmonic generation conversion; ultrafast pulses; Argon; Delay; Frequency conversion; Gas lasers; Gases; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Plasmas; Probes; Solids; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.7120) Ultrafast phenomena;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
