Title :
Chirped-pulse frequency conversion of ultrafast pulses to the deep-UV
Author :
Wojtkiewicz, J. ; Hudek, K. ; Durfee, C.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Colorado State Univ., Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report a 10-fold increase in energy in the generation of ultrafast UV pulses through frequency mixing in a hollow waveguide. The UV, blue and ER pulses are characterized with a novel transient-grating FROG apparatus.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; optical waveguides; ER pulse; blue pulse; chirped-pulse frequency conversion; deep-UV pulse; frequency mixing; hollow waveguide; transient-grating FROG apparatus; ultrafast pulse generation; Bandwidth; Chirp; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201720
