Measurement of 3/2-harmonic radiation in high-intensity femtosecond laser-solid interaction

Author

Veisz, L. ; Theobald, W. ; Feurer, T. ; Schillinger, H. ; Gibbon, P. ; Sauerbrey, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. Opt. und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

114

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report to our knowledge the first experiments and pulse duration dependence of high intensity fs-laser generated 3/2-harmonic radiation in inhomogeneous plasmas and the comparison of this effect to theory. p-polarized 150 fs, 790 nm Ti:sapphire laser pulses with an energy of 200 mJ were focused under an angle of incidence of 45/spl deg/ to an intensity of 2 /spl times/ 10/sup 17/ W/cm/sup 2/ onto a polished aluminum target inside a vacuum chamber. The generated 3/2-radiation was collimated in the specular direction.

Keywords

aluminium; optical harmonic generation; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; 150 fs; 200 mJ; 3/2-harmonic radiation; 790 nm; Al; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; angle of incidence; high-intensity femtosecond laser-solid interaction; inhomogeneous plasmas; intensity; p-polarized Ti:sapphire laser pulses; polished aluminum target; pulse duration dependence; specular direction; vacuum chamber; Geometrical optics; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Plasma waves; Pulse measurements; Radioactive decay; Solid lasers; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947560

Filename

947560