S. P. Sadovskiy, P. A. Chizhov, V. V. Bukin, V. M. Brendel', T. V. Dolmatov, Yu. N. Polivanov, N. S. Vorob'ev, A. V. Smirnov, S. V. Garnov, S. K. Vartapetov, “Generation of picosecond UV pulses by an Nd<sup>3+</sup>:YAG laser for amplification in an ArF amplifier”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2015, Volume 45, Number 3,Pages <nobr>189

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Lasers

Generation of picosecond UV pulses by an Nd³⁺:YAG laser for amplification in an ArF amplifier

S. P. Sadovskiy^a, P. A. Chizhov^a, V. V. Bukin^a, V. M. Brendel'^a, T. V. Dolmatov^a, Yu. N. Polivanov^a, N. S. Vorob'ev^a, A. V. Smirnov^a, S. V. Garnov^ab, S. K. Vartapetov^c

^a A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b National Engineering Physics Institute "MEPhI", Moscow
^c Physics Instrumentation Center, A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Troitsk, Moscow region

Abstract: The scheme generating UV pulses with a duration 15 ps and output energy up to 11.5 mJ is implemented in the system consisting of a picosecond Nd³⁺:YAG laser with multistage nonlinearoptical conversion of fundamental frequency radiation into radiation with a wavelength 193 nm followed by an excimer ArF amplifier. The temporal characteristics and the contrast of the amplified pulses are measured.

Keywords: picosecond laser pulse, travelling-wave parametric oscillator, excimer ArF amplifier.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.By, 42.55.Lt

Received: 03.06.2014
Revised: 25.09.2014