Frequency conversion of ultrashort pulses through filamentation in gases

Author

Fuji, Takao ; Horio, T. ; Suzuki, Toshiuori

Author_Institution

Chem. Dynamics Lab., RIKEN Adv. Sci. Inst., Wako, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This article suggests using filamentation effect of intense femtosecond pulses. Intensity of the light pulse becomes very high in filament, and interaction length for frequency conversion can be long. Here, efficient deep-ultraviolet (DUV) and mid- infrared (MIR) sub-20-fs pulse generation by four-wave mixing processes through filamentation in gases is demonstrated. For MIR pulse generation, air was used as a gas medium whereas for DUV, neon gas is used as gas medium.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; laser beams; multiwave mixing; neon; optical frequency conversion; ultraviolet spectra; Ne; deep-ultraviolet spectra; filamentation effect; four-wave mixing process; frequency conversion; intense femtosecond pulse; mid- infrared spectra; neon gas; time 20 fs; Chemical lasers; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Gases; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Solids; Space vector pulse width modulation; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196384

Filename

5196384