Title :
Optical amplification of the OFI rare-gas excimers in the vacuum ultraviolet
Author :
Kaku, Masanori ; Harano, Shinya ; Touge, Shunsuke ; Katto, Masahito ; Yokotani, Atsushi ; Kubodera, Shoichi ; Miyanaga, Noriaki ; Mima, Kunioki
Author_Institution :
Depertment of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Abstract :
We report the optical amplification in a compact OFI rare-gas excimer VUV amplifier and the generation of femtosecond VUV seed pulses using the harmonic conversion of an infrared Ti:Sapphire laser.
Keywords :
excimer lasers; optical pulse generation; ultraviolet sources; Al2O3:Ti; VUV seed pulses; femtosecond pulse generation; harmonic conversion; infrared Ti:sapphire laser; optical amplification; optical-field-induced ionization; rare-gas excimers; vacuum ultraviolet amplifier; vacuum ultraviolet spectra; Argon; Gas lasers; Optical feedback; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Plasmas; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688879
