Characterization of high-harmonic emission from ZnO up to 11 eV pumped with a Cr:ZnS high-repetition-rate source

Vampa, Giulio; Vasilyev, Sergey; Liu, Hanzhe; Mirov, Mike; Bucksbaum, Philip H.; Reis, David A.

doi:10.1364/ol.44.000259

Title: Characterization of high-harmonic emission from ZnO up to 11 eV pumped with a Cr:ZnS high-repetition-rate source

Journal Article · Fri Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.44.000259· OSTI ID:1493455

Vampa, Giulio ^[1]; Vasilyev, Sergey ^[2];

^[1]; Mirov, Mike ^[2]; Bucksbaum, Philip H. ^[1]; Reis, David A. ^[1]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
IPG Photonics - Southeast Technology Center, Birmingham, AL (United States)

Here, we report the measurement of high-order harmonics from a ZnO crystal with photon energies up to 11 eV generated by a high-repetition-rate femtosecond Cr:ZnS laser operating in the mid-infrared at 2–3 μm, delivering few-cycle pulses with multi-watt average power and multi-megawatt peak power. High-focus intensity is achieved in a single pass through the crystal without a buildup cavity or nanostructued pattern for field enhancement. We measure in excess of 10⁸ high-harmonic photons/second.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1493455

Journal Information:: Optics Letters, Vol. 44, Issue 2; ISSN 0146-9592

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