• DocumentCode
    3016737
  • Title

    All-Optical Quasi-Phase Matching and Quantum Path Control by Counter Propagating Pulse Trains

  • Author

    Zhang, Xiaoshi ; Lytle, Amy L. ; Kapteyn, Henry C. ; Murnane, Margaret M. ; Cohen, Oren

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We enhance high-order harmonic generation at 70 eV in argon and 145 eV in helium by orders of magnitude using counterpropagating pulsetrains. We also demonstrate coherent control on attosecond timescales by selective enhancement of different quantum trajectories.
  • Keywords
    argon; helium; high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; Ar; He; all-optical quasiphase matching; counter propagating pulse trains; electron volt energy 145 eV; electron volt energy 70 eV; high-order harmonic generation; quantum path control; quantum trajectories; Argon; Counting circuits; Free electron lasers; Frequency conversion; Helium; Ionization; Laser excitation; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453255
  • Filename
    4453255