Stimulated Raman amplification of femtosecond pulses in hydrogen gas

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作者
Krylov, V [1 ]
Rebane, A [1 ]
Erni, D [1 ]
Ollikainen, O [1 ]
Wild, U [1 ]
Bespalov, V [1 ]
Staselko, D [1 ]
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[1] SI VAVILOV STATE OPT INST,ST PETERSBURG 199034,RUSSIA
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10.1364/OL.21.002005
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report efficient amplification of weak femtosecond supercontinuum pulses by a stimulated Raman scattering process in pressurized Ha gas excited with 350-fs-duration frequency-doubled pulses from a regenerative-amplified Ti:sapphire laser. An amplification factor of 10(9) is obtained at the wavelength of 465 nm for seed pulses produced by supercontinuum generation in glass. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America.
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页码:2005 / 2007
页数:3
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