Characterization of high-order harmonics generated from solid surfaces

Author

Nomura, Y. ; Hörlein, R. ; Rykovanov, S. ; Geissler, M. ; Tzallas, P. ; Karsch, S. ; Major, Zs ; Osterhoff, J. ; Krausz, F. ; Tsakiris, G.D.

Author_Institution

Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenoptik, Garching

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This paper aims to numerically and experimentally study optical harmonic generation from solid fused silica targets. 1D particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation and pump-probe femtosecond technique are used to characterize the spectral, spatial, and temporal properties of the high-order harmonics. PIC code indicates that it is quite feasible that surface harmonics generated at laser intensities of 10²⁰ W/cm² can produce a train of or even single attosecond pulses in the 20-70 eV spectral range.

Keywords

optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; silicon compounds; 1D particle-in-cell simulation; SiO₂; electron volt energy 20 eV to 70 eV; optical harmonic generation; pump-probe femtosecond technique; single attosecond pulse generation; solid fused silica targets; spatial properties; spectral properties; surface harmonics; temporal properties; Atomic beams; Character generation; Gas lasers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Plasma sources; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Solid lasers; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386347

Filename

4386347