title: Generation of intense tunable 20-fs pulses near 400nm by use of a gas-filled hollow waveguide.
abstract: An intense continuously tunable 20-fs source is demonstrated for the region between 370 and 430nm with pulse energies of as much as 20 muJ. By use of high-power frequency-doubled pulses from a 32-fs 1-kHz Ti:sapphire laser system a blue continuum is produced in an Ar-filled hollow fiber. After compression with dispersive delay lines the resulting pulses are analyzed by use of the self-diffraction frequency-resolved optical gating technique.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Nibbering
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dühr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korn