Ultrashort-laser-pulse amplification in a XeF(C → A) excimer amplifier
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- 15 December 1990
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 15 (24) , 1461-1463
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.15.001461
Abstract
Tunable blue–green subpicosecond laser pulses have been amplified in an electron-beam-pumped XeF(C → A) excimer amplifier. Small-signal gains of 3.5% cm−1 were measured using a 50-cm active gain length. At output energy densities as high as 170 mJ/cm2, only a small degree of saturation occurred, resulting in a gain of 2.5% cm−1.Keywords
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