Title :
High-harmonic generation using a kHz, 2.1-µm OPCPA pumped by a ps cryogenic Yb:YAG amplifier
Author :
Hong, Kyung-Han ; Lai, Chien-Jen ; Huang, Shu-Wei ; Moses, Jeffrey ; Gkortsas, Vasileios-Marios ; Granados, Eduardo ; Bhardwaj, Siddharth ; Zapata, Luis E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We study the cutoff extension and efficiency scaling of high-harmonic generation in Xe, Kr, and Ar using a kHz 2.1-μm OPCPA pumped by a picosecond cryogenic Yb:YAG amplifier. High-harmonic spectroscopy and propagation effect are discussed.
Keywords :
cryogenics; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ar; Kr; OPCPA; Xe; Yb:YAG amplifier; cryogenic; cutoff extension; efficiency scaling; high-harmonic generation; high-harmonic spectroscopy; propagation effect; wavelength 2.1 mum; Argon; Harmonic analysis; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy; Xenon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359272
