Title :
Compression of extremely short UV/VUV and MIR pulses by Raman-active molecular modulators
Author :
Kalosha, V.P. ; Herrmann, J.
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We theoretically show how high-order stimulated Raman scattering in the impulsive pump-probe regime can be used for the generation of single UV/VUV and MIR pulses with durations of about 1 fs in VUV and 6 fs in MIR.
Keywords :
optical modulation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; stimulated Raman scattering; 1 fs; 6 fs; MIR pulses; Raman-active molecular modulators; VUV pulse compression; high-order stimulated Raman scattering; impulsive pump-probe regime; mid-infrared pulse; pulse generation; short UV pulse compression; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Probes; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
