• DocumentCode
    1770179
  • Title

    High flux coherent supercontinuum soft X-ray source driven by a single-stage 10 mJ, kHz, Ti:sapphire laser amplifier

  • Author

    Chengyuan Ding ; Wei Xiong ; Tingting Fan ; Hickstein, Daniel D. ; Popmintchev, Tenio ; Xiaoshi Zhang ; Walls, M. ; Murnane, Margaret M. ; Kapteyn, Henry C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the highest flux tabletop coherent soft X-ray source to date, using high harmonics driven by a single-stage Ti:sapphire-pumped OPA at 1.3μm. The spectrum extends to 200eV, with a flux of >106 photons/pulse/1% bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    X-ray production; harmonic generation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; energy 10 mJ; highest flux tabletop coherent supercontinuum soft X-ray source; single-stage Ti:sapphire-pumped OPA; wavelength 1.3 mum; Harmonic analysis; Optical frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pump lasers; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988783