Title :
Theory of time-gated phase-matching for isolated attosecond soft x-ray pulse generation using mid-infrared lasers
Author :
Hernandez-Garcia, C. ; Chen, M.-C. ; Mancuso, C. ; Dollar, F. ; Galloway, B. ; Popmintchev, Dimitar ; Huang, P.C. ; Walker, B.C. ; Popmintchev, Tenio ; Murnane, Margaret M. ; Kapteyn, Henry C. ; Plaja, L. ; Jaron-Becker, A. ; Becker, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We model soft x-ray high harmonic generation and propagation driven by mid-infrared lasers. We find that multi-cycle laser pulses are ideal for generating shorter bright isolated attosecond pulses via time-gated phase-matching in high-density extended media.
Keywords :
X-ray optics; infrared spectra; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; high-density extended media; isolated attosecond soft X-ray pulse generation; midinfrared lasers; multicycle laser pulse generation; soft X-ray high harmonic generation; time-gated phase-matching; Free electron lasers; Gas lasers; Harmonic analysis; Laser theory; Optical frequency conversion; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
