Title :
Optical amplification of VUV femtosecond pulses at 126 nm in OFI Ar2* amplifier
Author :
Kaku, Masanori ; Daikyuji, Takumi ; Fujiyoshi, Kunihiro ; Katto, Masahito ; Kubodera, Shoichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng. & Photon Sci. Center, Univ. of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
Abstract :
We have observed the spatially-resolved optical amplification of femtosecond VUV pulses at 126 nm using an OFI Ar2* amplifier. The maximum amplification ratio of 2.57 was observed, which corresponded to the optical gain of 0.94 cm-1.
Keywords :
amplification; high-speed optical techniques; OFI amplifier; VUV femtosecond pulses; optical amplification; optical field-induced ionization; optical gain; spatially-resolved optical amplification; wavelength 126 nm; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656363