Abstract

Ultrashort pulses were produced at 248 nm by using a transverse-discharge KrF* exchner laser as a high-energy amplifier system. Input pulses for the amplifier system were obtained by upconverting the output of a mode-locked visible dye laser to the ultraviolet by using nonlinear crystals. Pulses of up to 20 mJ in energy with 10–30-psec duration were obtained at 10 pulses/sec. The output pulse width was characterized by using an electronic autocorrelator.

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