High-order harmonic generation with a 1.5 μm self-phase-stabilized parametric source

Author

Vozzi, C. ; Calegari, F. ; Benedetti, E. ; Nisoli, M. ; Sansone, G. ; Silvestri, S. De ; Stagira, S. ; Frassetto, F. ; Poletto, L. ; Villoresi, P.

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. for Ultrafast & Ultraintense Opt. Sci., Politec. di Milano, Milan

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We generated high-order harmonics with self-phase-stabilized near-IR pulses produced by a parametric source. We observed a significant cutoff extension whit respect to 800-nm driving pulses at comparable peak intensity. This result represents a step forward the generation of single attosecond pulses with photon energies exceeding 100 eV.

Keywords

infrared sources; laser beams; laser stability; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric devices; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; attosecond pulse generation; high-order harmonic generation; near-IR pulse production; phase matching conditions; photon energies; self-phase-stabilized parametric source; titanium:sapphire laser system; wavelength 1.5 mum; Frequency conversion; 190.4970 (Parametric oscillators and amplifiers); 320.7110 (Ultrafast nonlinear optics); 340.7480 (X-rays, soft x-rays, extreme ultraviolet (EUV));

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4572202