Kerr self-defocusing of multiple filaments in TW peak power UV laser beam

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作者
Zvorykin, V. D. [1 ,2 ]
Goncharov, S. A. [2 ]
Ionin, A. A. [1 ]
Mokrousova, D. V. [1 ]
Ryabchuk, S. V. [2 ]
Seleznev, L. V. [1 ]
Shutov, A. V. [1 ]
Smetanin, I. V. [1 ]
Sunchugasheva, E. S. [1 ]
Ustinovskii, N. N. [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Leninskii Prospekt 53, Moscow 119991, Russia
[2] Natl Res Nucl Univ MEPhI, Kashirskoe Shosse 31, Moscow 115409, Russia
基金
俄罗斯科学基金会;
关键词
sub-TW picosecond UV laser; multiphoton processes; laser beam homogenizing; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE-INDEX; GARPUN-MTW; AMPLIFICATION; PULSES; SYSTEM; XENON;
D O I
10.1088/1612-2011/13/12/125404
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An effective suppression of multiple filamentation of the sub-TW peak power supercritical laser beam in xenon gas was demonstrated in direct amplification of subpicosecond UV pulses at Ti:sapphire/KrF laser facility GARPUN-MTW. A large negative nonlinear refractive index due to a two-photon resonance of KrF laser radiation with Xe 6p[1/2](0) state ensured Kerr self-defocusing of a few hundred filaments with a local peak intensity of similar to 0.2 TW cm(-2), 200-fold higher than the average one over the beam cross section, and thus homogenized the laser beam. UV filaments in Xe produced a narrow-angle monochromatic coherent cone emission at 828 nm wavelength due to stimulated hyper-Raman scattering and amplified spontaneous emission at the transition 6p[1/2](0) -> 6s[3/2](1)(0).
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