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Phase-matched extreme-ultraviolet frequency-comb generation
Nature Photonics ( IF 35.0 ) Pub Date : 2018-06-18 , DOI: 10.1038/s41566-018-0199-z
Gil Porat , Christoph M. Heyl , Stephen B. Schoun , Craig Benko , Nadine Dörre , Kristan L. Corwin , Jun Ye

Laser-driven high-order harmonic generation1,2 provides spatially3 and temporally4 coherent tabletop sources of broadband extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) light. These sources typically operate at low repetition rates, frep 100 kHz, where phase-matched HHG is readily achieved5,6. However, many applications demand the improved counting statistics or frequency-comb precision afforded by high repetition rates, frep > 10 MHz. Unfortunately, at such high frep, phase matching is prevented by steady-state plasma accumulated in the generation volume7,8,9,10,11, strongly limiting the XUV average power. Here, we use high-temperature gas mixtures as the generation medium to increase the gas translational velocity, thereby reducing the steady-state plasma in the laser focus. This allows phase-matched XUV emission inside a femtosecond enhancement cavity at frep = 77 MHz, enabling a record generated power of ~ 2 mW in a single harmonic order. This power scaling opens up many demanding applications, including XUV frequency-comb spectroscopy12,13 of few-electron atoms and ions for precision tests of fundamental physical laws and constants14,15,16,17,18,19,20.



中文翻译:

相位匹配的极紫外频率梳产生

激光驱动的高次谐波1,2产生了宽带极紫外(XUV)光的空间3个和时间4个相干的桌面光源。这些源通常以低重复率操作,˚F代表  100千赫,在相位匹配的高次谐波被容易地实现5,6。但是,许多应用要求通过提高重复频率f rep  > 10 MHz来提高计数统计或频率梳精度。不幸的是,在如此高的f rep处,由于在生成体积7,8,9,10,11中积累的稳态等离子体阻止了相位匹配,强烈限制了XUV的平均功率。在这里,我们使用高温气体混合物作为生成介质,以提高气体平移速度,从而减少激光聚焦中的稳态等离子体。这允许在飞秒增强腔内相位匹配XUV发射˚F代表 = 77兆赫,可实现〜2毫瓦的生成的记录功率在一个单一的谐波阶数。这个功率调整开辟了许多要求苛刻的应用,包括XUV频率梳光谱12,13少数电子的原子和基本物理定律和常数精密测试离子14,15,16,17,18,19,20

更新日期:2018-06-18
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