Abstract

Phase-matched sequential frequency mixing in three β-barium borate crystals was used for efficient generation of subpicosecond UV pulses tunable at approximately 193 nm. Double-pass amplification of these seed pulses in a conventional ArF excimer gain module resulted in 800-fs, 1.5-mJ optical pulses.

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Amplification of 193-nm femtosecond seed pulses generated by third-order, nonresonant, difference-frequency mixing in xenon

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