Coherent EUV imaging with bright high harmonic radiation

Author

Bartels, Randy ; Backus, Sterling ; Paul, Ariel ; Kapteyn, Henry ; Murnane, Margaret

Author_Institution

Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophys., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

133

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present measurements of the coherence of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light generated using the process of high-harmonic upconversion (HHG) of light from a femtosecond laser and demonstrate coherent imaging applications for this unique source. When HHG is generated in a phase-matched hollow-fiber geometry, the EUV light generated exhibits the highest inherent spatial coherence of any source in this region of the spectrum to date.

Keywords

fibre lasers; light coherence; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; ultraviolet sources; bright high harmonic radiation; coherent EUV imaging; extreme ultraviolet light coherence; femtosecond laser; high-harmonic upconversion; inherent spatial coherence; phase-matched hollow-fiber geometry; Free electron lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Optical harmonic generation; Optical imaging; Optical resonators; Spatial coherence; Ultrafast optics; Ultraviolet sources; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133954

Filename

1133954