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A high-flux high-order harmonic source.

Rudawski, Piotr LU ; Heyl, Christoph LU ; Brizuela, Fernando LU ; Schwenke, Jörg LU ; Persson, Anders LU ; Mansten, Erik LU ; Rakowski, Rafal LU ; Rading, Linnea LU ; Campi, Filippo LU and Kim, Byunghoon LU , et al. (2013) In Review of Scientific Instruments 84(7).
Abstract
We develop and implement an experimental strategy for the generation of high-energy high-order harmonics (HHG) in gases for studies of nonlinear processes in the soft x-ray region. We generate high-order harmonics by focusing a high energy Ti:Sapphire laser into a gas cell filled with argon or neon. The energy per pulse is optimized by an automated control of the multiple parameters that influence the generation process. This optimization procedure allows us to obtain energies per pulse and harmonic order as high as 200 nJ in argon and 20 nJ in neon, with good spatial properties, using a loose focusing geometry (f#≈400) and a 20 mm long medium. We also theoretically examine the macroscopic conditions for absorption-limited conversion... (More)
We develop and implement an experimental strategy for the generation of high-energy high-order harmonics (HHG) in gases for studies of nonlinear processes in the soft x-ray region. We generate high-order harmonics by focusing a high energy Ti:Sapphire laser into a gas cell filled with argon or neon. The energy per pulse is optimized by an automated control of the multiple parameters that influence the generation process. This optimization procedure allows us to obtain energies per pulse and harmonic order as high as 200 nJ in argon and 20 nJ in neon, with good spatial properties, using a loose focusing geometry (f#≈400) and a 20 mm long medium. We also theoretically examine the macroscopic conditions for absorption-limited conversion efficiency and optimization of the HHG pulse energy for high-energy laser systems. (Less)
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Review of Scientific Instruments
volume
84
issue
7
article number
073103
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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  • pmid:23902040
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1089-7623
DOI
10.1063/1.4812266
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English
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  author       = {{Rudawski, Piotr and Heyl, Christoph and Brizuela, Fernando and Schwenke, Jörg and Persson, Anders and Mansten, Erik and Rakowski, Rafal and Rading, Linnea and Campi, Filippo and Kim, Byunghoon and Johnsson, Per and L'Huillier, Anne}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Review of Scientific Instruments}},
  title        = {{A high-flux high-order harmonic source.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/1603974/4022609.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.4812266}},
  volume       = {{84}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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