Phys. Rev. A 67, 031801(R) (2003) [4 pages]

Ultrabroadband phase-amplitude modulation and compression of extremely short uv and vuv pulses by Raman-active molecular modulators

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V. P. Kalosha^* and J. Herrmann^†
Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany

Received 6 July 2002; published 25 March 2003

We show that extremely short uv and vuv pulses with a duration in the range of 1 fs can be generated by pulse compression using hollow waveguides filled with a gaseous Raman medium. The specifics of phase-amplitude modulation, the mechanism of pulse compression and physical limitations due to phase mismatch, velocity walk-off, and pump pulse changing as well as improvement by the use of pump pulse sequences and dispersion control are studied by analytical and numerical solutions.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.031801

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevA.67.031801

PACS:

42.65.Dr, 42.65.Re, 42.65.Sf

^*Electronic address: kalosha@mbi-berlin.de

^†Electronic address: jherrman@mbi-berlin.de

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Phys. Rev. A 67, 031801(R) (2003) [4 pages]

Ultrabroadband phase-amplitude modulation and compression of extremely short uv and vuv pulses by Raman-active molecular modulators