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- Jarnac, Amelie, et al.
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Compression of TW class laser pulses in a planar hollow waveguide for applications in strong-field physics
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Ingår i: European Physical Journal D. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1434-6060. ; 68:12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We demonstrate pulse post-compression of a TW class chirped pulse amplification laser employing a gas-filled planar hollow waveguide. A waveguide throughput of 80% is achieved for 50 mJ input pulse energy. Good focusability is found and after compression with chirped mirrors a pulse duration of sub-15 fs is measured in the beam center. Whereas a total energy efficiency of approximate to 70% should be achievable, our post-compressor currently delivers 20 mJ output pulse energy (approximate to 40% efficiency), mostly limited by apertures of chirped mirrors and vacuum windows. The viability of the planar hollow waveguide compression scheme for applications in strong-field physics is demonstrated by generating high-order harmonics in a pulsed Ar gas cell.
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- Louisy, Maite, et al.
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Gating attosecond pulses in a noncollinear geometry
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Ingår i: Optica. - 2334-2536. ; 2:6, s. 563-566
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The efficient generation of isolated attosecond pulses (IAPs), giving access to ultrafast electron dynamics in various systems, is a key challenge in attosecond science. IAPs can be produced by confining the extreme ultraviolet emission generated by an intense laser pulse to a single field half-cycle or, as shown recently, by employing angular streaking methods. Here, we experimentally demonstrate the angular streaking of attosecond pulse trains in a noncollinear geometry, leading to the emission of angularly separated IAPs. The noncollinear geometry simplifies the separation of the fundamental laser field and the generated pulses, making this scheme promising for intracavity attosecond pulse generation, thus opening new possibilities for high-repetition-rate attosecond sources. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
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- Maclot, Sylvain, et al.
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Towards XUV-pump XUV-probe experiments with attosecond pulses at the Lund Laser Centre
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. - : IOP Publishing. - 1742-6588 .- 1742-6596. ; 635, s. 112079-112079
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The relaxation dynamics of an ionized/excited molecular system leads to different fundamental processes occurring at sub-femtosecond timescales. Time-resolved XUV-pump XUV-probe experiments should allow deeper insight to the key roles of these processes. Such studies should be feasible soon thanks to experimental schemes similar to those at the high-intensity high-order harmonic generation beamline at the Lund Laser Centre.
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- Rudawski, Piotr, et al.
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A high-flux high-order harmonic source.
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Ingår i: Review of Scientific Instruments. - : AIP Publishing. - 1089-7623 .- 0034-6748. ; 84:7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We develop and implement an experimental strategy for the generation of high-energy high-order harmonics (HHG) in gases for studies of nonlinear processes in the soft x-ray region. We generate high-order harmonics by focusing a high energy Ti:Sapphire laser into a gas cell filled with argon or neon. The energy per pulse is optimized by an automated control of the multiple parameters that influence the generation process. This optimization procedure allows us to obtain energies per pulse and harmonic order as high as 200 nJ in argon and 20 nJ in neon, with good spatial properties, using a loose focusing geometry (f#≈400) and a 20 mm long medium. We also theoretically examine the macroscopic conditions for absorption-limited conversion efficiency and optimization of the HHG pulse energy for high-energy laser systems.
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