Observation of backward high-harmonic emission from solids

Vampa, G.; You, Y. S.; Liu, H.; Ghimire, S.; Reis, D. A.

doi:10.1364/OE.26.012210

Title: Observation of backward high-harmonic emission from solids

Journal Article · Thu Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.012210· OSTI ID:1435882

Vampa, G.; You, Y. S.; Liu, H.; Ghimire, S.; Reis, D. A.

Here, we experimentally demonstrate backward emission of high-harmonics of a near-infrared laser from MgO and Si crystals in the direction of specular reflection. We show that the variation of the high-harmonic power with the angle of incidence can be predicted with nonlinear reflection coefficients derived originally for perturbative nonlinearities. A comparison of transmission and reflection geometries suggests that backward-propagating high-harmonics are an excellent reference to study nonlinear propagation of intense light in solids. Backward emission will enable phase matching of the high-harmonic beam and the integration of the functionalities of extended gas-phase high-harmonic beamlines into a single optical element. The potential to achieve phase matching paves the way to solid-state based high-harmonic sources with higher flux than the best transmission-based sources, where high-harmonics are strongly absorbed by the crystal itself.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: Early Career Research Program; AC02-76SF00515; FA9550-14-1-0108

OSTI ID:: 1435882

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1458536

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Journal Name: Optics Express Vol. 26 Journal Issue: 9; ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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