Title :
Generation of high energy sub 50 fs, vacuum UV pulses by noncollinear FWM in argon
Author :
Ghotbi, Masood ; Beutler, Marcus ; Petrov, Valentin ; Noack, Frank
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Using noncollinear difference-frequency four-wave-mixing between the fundamental and third-harmonic of an amplified Ti:sapphire laser in argon, sub-50-fs VUV pulses with more than 2.5-µJ at 160-nm are generated.
Keywords :
Argon; Elementary particle vacuum; Frequency conversion; Geometry; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2