FEMTOSECOND VACUUM-ULTRAVIOLET PULSE MEASUREMENT BY FIELD-IONIZATION DYNAMICS

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作者
LEBLANC, SP
QI, Z
SAUERBREY, R
机构
[1] RICE UNIV, RICE QUANTUM INST, HOUSTON, TX 77251 USA
[2] UNIV JENA, INST OPT & QUANTENELEKTON, D-07743 JENA, GERMANY
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10.1364/OL.20.000312
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Three techniques are demonstrated for measuring femtosecond pulses from the deep vacuum ultraviolet to the visible based on the ionization dynamics of optical-field-ionized plasmas. A probe pulse propagates through a plasma generated by an intense femtosecond KrF excimer laser-pump pulse. Ionization-induced defocussing or collisional absorption yield a cross-correlation measurement of the probe pulse. Ionization-induced spectral blue shifting of the probe can give an upper limit for the probe pulse duration.
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