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Compact 200 kHz HHG source driven by a few-cycle OPCPA

Harth, Anne LU ; Guo, Chen LU ; Cheng, Yu Chen LU orcid ; Losquin, Arthur LU ; Miranda, Miguel LU ; Mikaelsson, Sara LU ; Heyl, Christoph M. LU ; Prochnow, Oliver ; Ahrens, Jan and Morgner, Uwe , et al. (2018) In Journal of Optics (United Kingdom) 20(1).
Abstract

We present efficient high-order harmonic generation (HHG) based on a high-repetition rate, few-cycle, near infrared (NIR), carrier-envelope phase stable, optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA), emitting 6 fs pulses with 9 μJ pulse energy. In krypton, we reach conversion efficiencies from the NIR to the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation pulse energy on the order of ∼10-6 with less than 3 μJ driving pulse energy. This is achieved by optimizing the OPCPA for a spatially and temporally clean pulse and by a specially designed high-pressure gas target. In the future, the high efficiency of the HHG source will be beneficial for high-repetition rate two-colour (NIR-XUV) pump-probe experiments, where the available pulse... (More)

We present efficient high-order harmonic generation (HHG) based on a high-repetition rate, few-cycle, near infrared (NIR), carrier-envelope phase stable, optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA), emitting 6 fs pulses with 9 μJ pulse energy. In krypton, we reach conversion efficiencies from the NIR to the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation pulse energy on the order of ∼10-6 with less than 3 μJ driving pulse energy. This is achieved by optimizing the OPCPA for a spatially and temporally clean pulse and by a specially designed high-pressure gas target. In the future, the high efficiency of the HHG source will be beneficial for high-repetition rate two-colour (NIR-XUV) pump-probe experiments, where the available pulse energy from the laser has to be distributed economically between pump and probe pulses.

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frequency conversion, harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation, optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers, optical pulse generation and pulse compression, ultrafast processes
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Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
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20
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014007
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IOP Publishing
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2040-8978
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10.1088/2040-8986/aa9b04
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English
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  author       = {{Harth, Anne and Guo, Chen and Cheng, Yu Chen and Losquin, Arthur and Miranda, Miguel and Mikaelsson, Sara and Heyl, Christoph M. and Prochnow, Oliver and Ahrens, Jan and Morgner, Uwe and L'Huillier, Anne and Arnold, Cord L.}},
  issn         = {{2040-8978}},
  keywords     = {{frequency conversion; harmonic generation; including higher-order harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers; optical pulse generation and pulse compression; ultrafast processes}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)}},
  title        = {{Compact 200 kHz HHG source driven by a few-cycle OPCPA}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aa9b04}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/2040-8986/aa9b04}},
  volume       = {{20}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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