Title :
Highly efficient high-order harmonics with large cutoff from carbon molecules using various laser wavelengths
Author :
Fareed, M.A. ; Thire, N. ; Mondal, S. ; Pertot, Y. ; Boudreau, M. ; Schmidt, B.E. ; Legare, F. ; Ozaki, T.
Author_Institution :
Centre Energie, Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci., Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Carbon molecules are used to generate intense high-order harmonics using driving lasers with 0.8 μm-1.71 μm wavelengths. By driving plasma of reduced size (~200μm) with 1.71μm laser, we could extend the cutoff to ~70eV, while reducing the peak intensity by only ~31%.
Keywords :
carbon; optical harmonic generation; plasma production by laser; C2; carbon molecules; driving lasers; driving plasma; electron volt energy 70 eV; highly efficient high-order harmonics; laser wavelengths; peak intensity; size 200 mum; wavelength 0.8 mum to 1.71 mum; Carbon; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
