High-order harmonic generation using a multi-jet gas puff target

Authors

  • Tomasz Fok
  • Łukasz Węgrzyński
  • Michaela Kozlova
  • Jaroslav Nejdl
  • Przemysław Wachulak
  • Roman Jarocki
  • Andrzej Bartnik
  • Henryk Fiedorowicz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v6i1.443

Abstract

Results on high-order harmonics generation (HHG) by focusing a high power femtosecond laser pulse onto a multi-jet gas puff target with modulated gas density are presented. The use of this target makes possible to increase efficiency of HHG by quasi-phase matching (QPM). Preliminary measurements of high-order harmonics in the extreme ultraviolet range for various experimental parameters are presented. Some improvement of the emission characteristics was observed.

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Author Biographies

Tomasz Fok

Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology

Łukasz Węgrzyński

Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology

Michaela Kozlova

Institute of Physics, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Jaroslav Nejdl

Institute of Physics, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Przemysław Wachulak

Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology

Roman Jarocki

Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology

Andrzej Bartnik

Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology

Henryk Fiedorowicz

Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology

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2014-03-31

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T. Fok, “High-order harmonic generation using a multi-jet gas puff target”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. pp. 14–16, Mar. 2014.

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