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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 41, 2013
XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena
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Article Number | 01002 | |
Number of page(s) | 3 | |
Section | Attosecond and High-Order Harmonic Generation and Measurement | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134101002 | |
Published online | 13 March 2013 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134101002
Tunable High Harmonic Generation driven by a Visible Optical Parametric Amplifier
1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139 Cambridge MA, USA
2 Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY and University of Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
3 IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain
We studied high-harmonic generation (HHG) in Ar, Ne and He gas jets using a broadly tunable, high-energy optical parametric amplifier (OPA) in the visible wavelength range. We optimized the noncollinear OPA to deliver tunable, femtosecond pulses with 200-500 μJ energy at 1-kHz repetition rate with excellent spatiotemporal properties, suitable for HHG experiments. By tuning the central wavelength of the OPA while keeping energy, duration and beam size constant, we experimentally studied the scaling law of conversion efficiency and cut-off energy with the driver wavelength in argon and helium respectively. Our measurements show a λ−5.9±0.9 wavelength dependence of the conversion efficiency and a λ1.7±0.2 dependence of the HHG cut-off photon energy over the full visible range in agreement with previous experiments of near- and mid-IR wavelengths. By tuning the central wavelength of the driver source and changing the gas, the high order harmonic spectra in the extreme ultraviolet cover the full range of photon energy between ~25 eV and ~100 eV. Due to the high coherence intrinsic in HHG, as well as the broad and continuous tunability in the extreme UV range, a high energy, high repetition rate version of this source might be an ideal seed for free electron lasers.
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