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- Heyl, C. M., et al.
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Noncollinear optical gating - A method for intra-cavity single attosecond pulse generation?
- 2019
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In: Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015. - 9781467374750
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The process of high-order harmonic generation requires laser intensities around 1014 W/cm2, most easily reached with laser pulses of high energy, thus implicitly limiting the repetition rate of attosecond sources. A route towards multi-MHz attosecond sources relies on HHG inside a passive enhancement cavity [1]. Although successfully demonstrated for attosecond pulse trains, the generation of single attosecond pulses (SAPs) inside a cavity remains an unsolved challenge, mainly limited by dispersion management and out-coupling problems. We recently proposed a new gating concept for SAP generation [2], noncollinear optical gating (NOG) which has the potential to facilitate SAP gating and efficient out-coupling at once. Similar to the recently introduced attosecond lighthouse [3] NOG employs attosecond angular streaking [4] and combines this concept with noncollinear HHG, proposed earlier [5] as out-coupling method for intra cavity HHG.
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- Arnold, C. L., et al.
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Energy scaling of gas nonlinear optics
- 2017
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In: 30th Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, IPC 2017. - 9781509065783 ; 2017-January, s. 503-504
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Nonlinear light-matter interactions, such as filamentation or high-order harmonic generation, are at the heart of nonlinear optics. Scaling of such effects is crucial to benefit optimally from novel laser developments. We introduce and discuss a general scaling model for nonlinear light-matter interactions in gases.
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- Heyl, C. M., et al.
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High-average power high-harmonic and attosecond sources : Status and prospects
- 2016
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In: Compact EUV and X-ray Light Sources, EUVXRAY 2016. - 9781943580095 ; Part F14-EUVXRAY 2016
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Experiments employing extreme ultraviolet sources based on high harmonic generation often suffer from photon flux limitations. We discuss current status and prospects for scaling such sources to higher repetition rate, pulse energy and average power.
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- Heyl, C. M., et al.
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Scale-invariant nonlinear optical effects in gases
- 2016
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In: 2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2016. - 9781943580118
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A general scaling formalism for nonlinear light-matter interactions in gases is presented and experimentally verified. The formalism enables to conveniently extrapolate nonlinear phenomena, such as filamentation or high-order harmonic generation, to new laser parameters.
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- Heyl, C. M., et al.
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Scale-invariant nonlinear optics in gases
- 2016
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In: Optica. - 2334-2536. ; 3:1, s. 75-81
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Nonlinear optical methods have become ubiquitous in many scientific areas, from fundamental studies of timeresolved electron dynamics to microscopy and spectroscopy applications. They are, however, often limited to a certain range of parameters such as pulse energy and average power. Restrictions arise from, for example, the required field intensity as well as from parasitic nonlinear effects and saturation mechanisms. Here, we identify a fundamental principle of nonlinear light-matter interaction in gases and show that paraxial nonlinear wave equations are scaleinvariant if spatial dimensions, gas density, and laser pulse energy are scaled appropriately. As an example, we apply this principle to high-order harmonic generation and provide a general method for increasing peak and average power of attosecond sources. In addition, we experimentally demonstrate the implications for the compression of short laser pulses. Our scaling principle extends well beyond those examples and includes many nonlinear processes with applications in different areas of science.
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- Heyl, C. M., et al.
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Scaling Nonlinear Optics in Gases
- 2016
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In: High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena, HILAS 2016. - 9781943580095 ; Part F15-HILAS 2016
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Extrapolating nonlinear phenomena, such as filamentation, to new parameters as e.g. to higher pulse energy is often challenging. We here present a general scaling model for nonlinear light-matter interactions in gases and proof it experimentally.
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- Jimenez-Galan, A., et al.
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Phase Measurement of a Fano Resonance Using Tunable Attosecond Pulses
- 2015
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In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. - : IOP Publishing. - 1742-6588 .- 1742-6596. ; 635, s. 092137-092137
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We study photoionization of argon atoms close to the 3s(2)3p(6) -> 3s(1)3p(6)4p Fano resonance using an attosecond pulse train and a weak infrared probe field. An interferometric technique combined with tunable attosecond pulses allows us to determine the phase of the photoionization amplitude as a function of photon energy. We interpret the experimental results using an analytical two-photon model based on the Fano formalism and obtain quantitative agreement.
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