• DocumentCode
    500299
  • Title

    Conversion efficiency, scaling and global optimization of high harmonic generation

  • Author

    Falcão-Filho, Edilson L. ; Gkortsas, V.M. ; Gordon, Ariel ; Kärtner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. & Comput. Sci., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Closed form expressions for the high harmonic generation (HHG) conversion efficiency in the plateau and cut-off region are derived showing agreement with previous observations. Application of these results to optimal HHG-based-XUV-sources is discussed.
  • Keywords
    optical harmonic generation; XUV-sources; closed form expressions; conversion efficiency; cut-off region; global optimization; high harmonic generation; plateau region; scaling; Chemical lasers; Free electron lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser beam cutting; Laser theory; Numerical simulation; Optical harmonic generation; Physics; Ultraviolet sources; X-ray lasers; (020.2649) Strong field laser physics; (260.7200) Ultraviolet, extreme;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225686