Title :
Generation of femtosecond pulses down to 166 nm by sum-frequency mixing in KB5O8.4H2O
Author :
Petrov, V. ; Rotermund, F. ; Noack, F.
Author_Institution :
Max-Born-Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Ultrafast Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
fDate :
9/3/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An all solid-state laser system based on sum-frequency mixing the signal wave from an optical parametric generator and the fourth harmonic of a Ti:sapphire regenerative amplifier produced ≃200 fs long nearly bandwidth-limited pulses tunable from 172 down to 166 nm
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; potassium compounds; sapphire; solid lasers; 166 to 172 nm; 200 fs; Al2O3:Ti; KB5O8.4H2O; KB5O8H2O; Ti:sapphire amplifier; femtosecond pulses; nearly bandwidth-limited pulses; optical parametric generator; regenerative amplifier; signal wave; solid-state laser system; sum-frequency mixing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981223
