AMPLIFICATION OF 193-NM FEMTOSECOND SEED PULSES GENERATED BY 3RD-ORDER, NONRESONANT, DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY MIXING IN XENON

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GLOWNIA, JH
KASCHKE, M
SOROKIN, PP
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[1] IBM Research Division, Yorktown Heights, NY, 10598
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10.1364/OL.17.000337
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Third-order, nonresonant, difference-frequency (2-omega-1 - omega-2) mixing in Xe gas was used to generate femtosecond-time-scale UV pulses, tunable near 193 nm. Subsequent amplification of these pulses in an ArF excimer gain module led to the production of congruent-to 300-fs, congruent-to 300-mu-J optical pulses at 193 nm.
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