• DocumentCode
    2898965
  • Title

    Generation of femtosecond VUV pulses using four-wave difference-frequency mixing in an argon filled hollow waveguide

  • Author

    Steinkellner, O. ; Tzankov, P. ; Noack, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    353
  • Abstract
    We scaled this technique into the single pulse energy range of 0.1 μJ, so that time-resolved spectroscopy of small molecules at sufficiently high repetition rates is possible. We use laser pulses of a high-energy Ti:sapphire laser system.
  • Keywords
    argon; multiwave mixing; optical pulse generation; optical waveguides; sapphire; solid lasers; time resolved spectroscopy; titanium; ultraviolet sources; Al2O3:Ti; argon filled hollow waveguide; femtosecond VUV pulse generation; four-wave difference-frequency mixing; high repetition rate; high-energy Ti:sapphire laser system; laser pulses; single pulse energy range; time-resolved spectroscopy; Argon; Frequency conversion; Hollow waveguides; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse generation; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568134
  • Filename
    1568134