Abstract

A pair of XeCl gain modules was used to amplify 350-fsec 308-nm pulses to ~10-mJ energies with <1-mJ amplified-stimulated-emission content. Gentle focusing in air of the ~1.5-mJ beam from the first amplifier alone produces ~1000-cm⁻¹ broadening of the pulse spectrum by the mechanism of self-phase modulation.

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