• DocumentCode
    3648703
  • Title

    Role of self-focusing in bright coherent x-ray generation by mid-infrared driving Lasers

  • Author

    Bonggu Shim;Samuel E. Schrauth;Tenio Popmintchev;Ming-Chang Chen;Dimitar Popmintchev;Skirmantas Ališauskas;Audrius Pugzlys;Andrius Baltuška;Margaret Murnane;Henry Kapteyn;Alexander L. Gaeta

  • Author_Institution
    School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We theoretically investigate the role of self-focusing in high harmonic generation in high pressure waveguides. Self-focusing can stabilize phase matching at higher pressures than predicted for full phase matching, further enhancing the flux.
  • Keywords
    "Gas lasers","Frequency conversion","X-ray lasers","Laser beams","Waveguide lasers","Ionization","Gases"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • ISSN
    2160-8989
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327132