• DocumentCode
    690127
  • Title

    Ultrahigh-efficiency high harmonic generation driven by UV lasers

  • Author

    Popmintchev, Dimitar ; Ming-Chang Chen ; Hernandez-Garcia, C. ; Perez-Hernandez, Jose A. ; Sequeira, Junieta ; Brown, Shannon ; Dollar, F. ; Grytchtol, Patrik ; Walker, Benjamin ; Plaja, L. ; Murnane, Margaret M. ; Kapteyn, Henry C. ; Popmintchev, Tenio

  • Author_Institution
    JILA, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate bright high harmonic generation driven by UV lasers with ultra-high conversion efficiency approaching 10-3 and ultra-narrow single-harmonic bandwidth of ~0.2%. The enhanced flux results from improved phase-matching combined with stronger single-atom yield.
  • Keywords
    optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; solid lasers; UV lasers; phase matching; single-atom yield; ultra-high conversion efficiency; ultra-narrow single-harmonic bandwidth; ultrahigh-efficiency high harmonic generation; Gas lasers; Harmonic analysis; Laser theory; Optical frequency conversion; Ultraviolet sources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834520