Abstract
Table-top coherent vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) sources are important in many researches. Dispersive wave (DW) emission in a gas-filled hollow-core fiber (HCF) is an efficient way to obtain tunable VUV source with microjoule-level pulse energy. However, the shortest VUV wavelength is limited above 110 nm. This work investigated a method using a piecewise HCF in order to push the shortest VUV DW emission below 110 nm efficiently. The rich and complex spatiotemporal soliton dynamics in the HCF is revealed through rigorous numerical simulations and quantitative analysis. It is found that both the generation of VUV light below 110 nm and the overall conversion efficiencies below 150 nm can be significantly improved if the piecewise gas-filled HCF system is properly designed. As a result, the whole VUV spectrum (200--100 nm) can now be accessed efficiently, with single pulse energy of microjoule level. Different from other widely used intense VUV sources, this source has broad spectrum along with femtosecond time width. These unique characteristics in the VUV spectrum can lead to new research opportunities in various areas.
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