Abstract

High intensity excimer laser radiation is of interest for a variety of applications, including investigations on dissociation and ionization processes, plasma production, short wavelength laser pumping and frequency conversion into the VUV and XUV spectral range. In order to achieve high peak powers, however, the excimer lasers have to be operated as amplifiers of short pulses, where the short pulses have to be generated by external methods.

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