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Micro-focusing of broadband high-order harmonic radiation by a double toroidal mirror

Coudert-Alteirac, Hélène LU ; Dacasa, Hugo ; Campi, Filippo LU ; Kueny, Emma ; Farkas, Balázs ; Brunner, Fabian LU ; Maclot, Sylvain LU ; Manschwetus, Bastian LU ; Wikmark, Hampus LU orcid and Lahl, Jan LU , et al. (2017) In Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 7(11).
Abstract

We present an optical system based on two toroidal mirrors in aWolter configuration to focus broadband extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation. Optimization of the focusing optics alignment is carried out with the aid of an XUV wavefront sensor. Back-propagation of the optimized wavefront to the focus yields a focal spot of 3.6 × 4.0 μm2 full width at half maximum, which is consistent with ray-tracing simulations that predict a minimum size of 3.0 × 3.2 μm2. This work is important for optimizing the intensity of focused high-order harmonics in order to reach the nonlinear interaction regime.

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Attosecond pulses, Extreme ultraviolet, High-order harmonic generation, Ultrafast nonlinear optics, Wavefront sensing, XUV focusing
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Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
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7
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11
article number
1159
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MDPI AG
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  • wos:000416794600058
  • scopus:85033672493
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2076-3417
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10.3390/app7111159
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English
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  author       = {{Coudert-Alteirac, Hélène and Dacasa, Hugo and Campi, Filippo and Kueny, Emma and Farkas, Balázs and Brunner, Fabian and Maclot, Sylvain and Manschwetus, Bastian and Wikmark, Hampus and Lahl, Jan and Rading, Linnea and Peschel, Jasper and Major, Balázs and Varjú, Katalin and Dovillaire, Guillaume and Zeitoun, Philippe and Johnsson, Per and L'Huillier, Anne and Rudawski, Piotr}},
  issn         = {{2076-3417}},
  keywords     = {{Attosecond pulses; Extreme ultraviolet; High-order harmonic generation; Ultrafast nonlinear optics; Wavefront sensing; XUV focusing}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{11}},
  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{Applied Sciences (Switzerland)}},
  title        = {{Micro-focusing of broadband high-order harmonic radiation by a double toroidal mirror}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app7111159}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/app7111159}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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