High-intensity short KrF laser-pulse generation by saturated amplificationof truncated leading-edge pulse

Authors
Takahashi, E Kuvahara, K Matsumoto, Y Okuda, I Matsushima, I Kato, S Owadano, Y
Citation
E. Takahashi et al., High-intensity short KrF laser-pulse generation by saturated amplificationof truncated leading-edge pulse, OPT COMMUN, 185(4-6), 2000, pp. 431-437
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
185
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
431 - 437
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20001115)185:4-6<431:HSKLGB>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A new method for the generation of high-intensity short KrF laser pulses wa s developed. The method efficiently uses truncated leading-edge seed-pulse generation by stimulated Brillouin scattering and pulse-shape steepening by saturated amplification, which is mainly based on the Frantz-Nodvik soluti on. Short KrF pulses of 7 ps were obtained from 20 ns seed pulses without u sing mode-locked lasers. The experimental results agreed well with the nume rical calculations. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.