A MHz-Repetition-Rate VUV Source via Cascaded Four-Wave-Mixing in Negative-Curvature Fibers

• DOI: 10.1364/nlo.2019.nf2a.3
• Publication Date: 2019-07-25T13:21:14Z
• Authors: David E. Couch; Daniel D. Hickstein; Matthew S. Kirchner; Jessica Ramirez; Margaret M. Murnane; Henry C. Kapteyn; Sterling Backus
• Keywords: Four-wave mixing

Using a cascaded four-wave-mixing process in negative-curvature fibers, we produce high-flux, high-rep-rate femtosecond pulses of UV and VUV light with wavelengths as short 115 nm, applications spectroscopy materials science.