• DocumentCode
    578291
  • Title

    High-harmonic generation using a kHz, 2.1-µm OPCPA pumped by a ps cryogenic Yb:YAG amplifier

  • Author

    Hong, Kyung-Han ; Lai, Chien-Jen ; Huang, Shu-Wei ; Moses, Jeffrey ; Gkortsas, Vasileios-Marios ; Granados, Eduardo ; Bhardwaj, Siddharth ; Zapata, Luis E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol. (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    874
  • Lastpage
    875
  • Abstract
    We study the cutoff extension and efficiency scaling of high-harmonic generation in Xe, Kr, and Ar using a kHz 2.1-μm OPCPA pumped by a picosecond cryogenic Yb:YAG amplifier. High-harmonic spectroscopy and propagation effect are discussed.
  • Keywords
    cryogenics; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ar; Kr; OPCPA; Xe; Yb:YAG amplifier; cryogenic; cutoff extension; efficiency scaling; high-harmonic generation; high-harmonic spectroscopy; propagation effect; wavelength 2.1 mum; Argon; Harmonic analysis; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy; Xenon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359272
  • Filename
    6359272