Title :
OFI argon excimer amplifier for intense femtosecond pulse generation in the vacuum ultraviolet
Author :
Kubodera, Shoichi ; Harano, Shinya ; Matsumoto, Ryota ; Kaku, Masanori ; Katto, Masahito
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
Abstract :
We have developed an optical-field-induced ionization vacuum ultraviolet Ar2* excimer amplifier at 126 nm to amplify femtosecond VUV seed pulses that are generated by wavelength conversion of femtosecond infrared laser pulses.
Keywords :
argon; excimer lasers; gas lasers; infrared sources; ionisation; optical pulse generation; optical wavelength conversion; ultraviolet sources; Ar; argon excimer amplifier; argon laser; femtosecond infrared laser pulses; intense femtosecond pulse generation; optical-field-induced ionization vacuum ultraviolet excimer amplifier; vacuum ultraviolet; wavelength 126 nm; wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698865