Cascaded chirped photon acceleration for efficient frequency conversion

Edwards, Matthew R.; Qu, Kenan; Jia, Qing; Mikhailova, Julia M.; Fisch, Nathaniel J.

doi:10.1063/1.5030022

Title: Cascaded chirped photon acceleration for efficient frequency conversion

Journal Article · Thu May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5030022· OSTI ID:1463322

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Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences

A cascaded sequence of photon acceleration stages using the instantaneous creation of a plasma density gradient by flash ionization allows the generation of coherent and chirped ultraviolet and x-ray pulses with independently tunable frequency and bandwidth. The efficiency of the cascaded process scales with 1/ω in energy, and multiple stages produce significant frequency up-conversion with gas-density plasmas. Lastly, chirping permits subsequent pulse compression to few-cycle durations, and output frequencies are not limited to integer harmonics.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: 1506372; SC0017907; FA9550-15-1-0391; NA0002948

OSTI ID:: 1463322

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1435866; OSTI ID: 1968222

Report Number(s):: DOE-PRINCETON-17907-26; TRN: US1902278

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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