Scaling of keV HHG photon yield with drive wavelength

被引：95

作者：

Gordon, A ^{[1
]}

Kärtner, FX

机构：

[1] MIT, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[2] MIT, Elect Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2005年 / 13卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1364/OPEX.13.002941

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We study semi-analytically and numerically the photon yield of high harmonic generation (HHG) on the level of the single atom response under ideal conditions: no initial depletion of the ground state prior to the main peak of the pump pulse. We show that the yield decreases exponentially as function of the cutoff energy starting at about 0.5 keV in the case of a Ti:sapphire source and a helium target. We show that the yield in helium beyond the 1 keV energy range can be increased by orders of magnitude when long wavelength driver sources in the range from 1.5 mu m to 3 mu m are used. This finding leads to the conclusion that significant HHG beyond 1 keV is possible through long wavelength driver pulses. (C) 2005 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：2941 / 2947

页数：7

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