Title :
OFI vacuum ultraviolet rare-gas excimer amplifier for subpicosecond VUV pulse amplification
Author :
Kaku, Masanori ; Taniguchi, Yuta ; Hosotani, Akira ; Katto, Masahito ; Yokotani, Atsushi ; Miyanaga, Noriaki ; Mima, Kunioki ; Kubodera, Shoichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Miyazaki Univ., Miyazaki
Abstract :
We evaluated amplification characteristics of the nanosecond vacuum ultraviolet argon excimer emission at 126 nm, whose kinetics was initiated by high-intensity femtosecond laser-produced electrons. Subpicosecond 126 nm emissions were produced simultaneously as a result of the nonlinear wavelength conversion, which will be amplified in the amplifier.
Keywords :
argon; excimer lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical wavelength conversion; stimulated emission; ultraviolet sources; Ar2; OFI amplifier; excimer amplifier; excimer emission; femtosecond laser-produced electrons; nanosecond argon emission; nonlinear wavelength conversion; optical-field-induced ionization; rare-gas amplifier; subpicosecond emissions; subpicosecond pulse amplification; vacuum ultraviolet amplifier; vacuum ultraviolet pulse amplification; wavelength 126 nm; Argon; Gas lasers; Kinetic theory; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Plasma simulation; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391694
