Frequency up-conversion and trapping of ultrashort laser pulses in semiconductor plasmas

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/674819· OSTI ID:674819

Berezhiani, V I ^[1]; Mahajan, S M ^[1]; Miklaszewski, R ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Fusion Studies
2. Inst. of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Warsaw (Poland)

It is shown that the interaction of ultrashort laser pulses with nonstationary semiconductor plasmas can, under appropriate conditions, lead to a variety of interesting phenomena including controlled upshifting of the laser frequency leading to the possibility of tunable lasers in a wide range of frequencies, and trapping (nonpropagation) of a substantial part of the incident pulse.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Texas, Inst. for Fusion Studies, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-96ER54346
• OSTI ID: 674819
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/54346-828; ON: DE99000352; TRN: AHC29820%%274
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jul 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FREQUENCY CONVERTERS
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SOLID-STATE PLASMA
TUNING
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS