High-power excimer lasers and new sources of coherent radiation in the vacuum ultraviolet

Abstract

1. Introduction 1031 2. Generation of powerful ultrashort pulses of ultraviolet radiation with excimer lasers 1032 3. Generation of high harmonics and nonlinear frequency mixing in atomic and molecular gases 1034 4. Multiphoton pumping of atoms and molecules with subsequent stimulated emission in the vacuum ultraviolet region 1036 5. Lasers based on anti-Stokes Raman scattering 1037 6. Conclusions 1039 7. References 1040