Title :
Compression of femtosecond pulses in the ultraviolet by an impulsively excited rotational wavepacket in nitrogen
Author :
Tzankov, P. ; Steinkellner, O. ; Ritze, H.-H. ; Kalosha, V.P. ; Herrmann, J. ; Noack, F. ; Kida, Y.
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Pulse shortening by impulsive high-order stimulated Raman scattering is experimentally demonstrated in the deep ultraviolet for the first time. A single probe pulse at 266 nm is shortened down to 23 fs in N2.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical pulse compression; rotational states; stimulated Raman scattering; 23 fs; 266 nm; N2; femtosecond laser pulse compression; impulsive high-order stimulated Raman scattering; rotational wavepacket; Frequency conversion; Hollow waveguides; Nitrogen; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201824
