• DocumentCode
    689153
  • Title

    An efficient frequency-quadrupling scheme for generating femtosecond UV radiation near 200 nm

  • Author

    Kulatilaka, Waruna D. ; Roy, Sandip ; Gord, James R.

  • Author_Institution
    Spectral Energies LLC, Dayton, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We design and demonstrate an efficient fourth-harmonic generation scheme for obtaining femtosecond pulses near 200 nm from the output of a moderately tunable Ti:sapphire ultrafast amplifier. Overall per pulse conversion efficiency of 1.8% is reported.
  • Keywords
    laser beam effects; laser tuning; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; femtosecond UV radiation generation; femtosecond pulses; fourth-harmonic generation scheme; frequency-quadrupling scheme; pulse conversion efficiency; tunable Ti:sapphire ultrafast amplifier; wavelength 200 nm; Atomic clocks; Fires; Hydrogen; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833535