Generation And Amplification Of Ultrashort Laser Pulses And Applications To Electron Trapping In Amorphous Media

C. Kalpouzos; G. A. Kenney-Wallace; P. M. Kroger; E. Quitevis

doi:10.1117/12.933235

23 April 1982 Generation And Amplification Of Ultrashort Laser Pulses And Applications To Electron Trapping In Amorphous Media

C. Kalpouzos, G. A. Kenney-Wallace, P. M. Kroger, E. Quitevis

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Proceedings Volume 0322, Picosecond Lasers and Applications; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933235
Event: 1982 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1982, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

The dynamics of electron localization in amorphous media are of considerable interest to fundamental studies of electron transport as well as to applications in picosecond optoelectronics. Since efficient photoionization at 10^-12s usually requires at least Mwatt power densities, we describe two complementary routes to obtaining ultrafast, high power laser pulses. We first report some novel applications of the optical Kerr effect in CS₂ for picosecond pulse generation in ruby and pulse gating on the femtosecond time scale, and then describe an amplified, subpicosecond, synchronously mode-locked tunable dye laser system. Recent results on photoionization and electron trapping in liquids and clusters are then discussed.

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C. Kalpouzos, G. A. Kenney-Wallace, P. M. Kroger, and E. Quitevis "Generation And Amplification Of Ultrashort Laser Pulses And Applications To Electron Trapping In Amorphous Media", Proc. SPIE 0322, Picosecond Lasers and Applications, (23 April 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933235

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