Title :
Isolated high-harmonics pulse from two-color-driven bloch oscillations in bulk semiconductors
Author :
Mucke, Oliver D.
Author_Institution :
Ultrafast Opt. & X-Rays Div., Deutsches Elektron.-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
The time-frequency characteristics of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from Bloch-oscillating electrons in bulk ZnO crystals are investigated. Spectrally filtering out the Bloch-HHG cutoff radiation allows the generation of an isolated Bloch-HHG pulse of ~1.6-fs duration.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; optical filters; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; Bloch-HHG cutoff radiation; Bloch-oscillating electrons; ZnO; bulk ZnO crystals; bulk semiconductors; high-order harmonic generation; isolated Bloch-HHG pulse generation; isolated high-harmonics pulse; spectral filter; time-frequency characteristics; two-color-driven Bloch oscillations; Crystals; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Time frequency analysis; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359271
