High-harmonic generation in ZnO driven by self-compressed mid-infrared pulses
Abstract
Progress in attosecond science has relied on advancements in few-cycle pulse generation technology and its application to high-order harmonic generation. Traditionally, self-phase modulation in bulk solids has been used for the compression of moderate-energy pulses, additionally exhibiting favorable dispersion properties for mid-infrared (mid-IR) pulses. For this study, we use the anomalous dispersion of Y3Al5O12 (YAG) to self-compress many-cycle pulses from a 50 kHz mid-IR OPA down to produce sub-three-cycle 10 μJ pulses and further use them to generate high-order harmonics in a ZnO crystal. In agreement with theoretical predictions, we observe a boost in the harmonic yield by a factor of two, and spectral broadening of above-gap harmonics, compared to longer driving pulses. The enhanced yield results from an increase in the intensity for the self-compressed pulses.
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[1];
[2];
[3]
- Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics, the College of Optics and Photonics and the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Oak Ridge Associated Univ., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1441349
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1425252
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-20651
Journal ID: ISSN 0740-3224; JOBPDE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; FA9550-16-1-0149
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 35; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0740-3224
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science; high harmonic generation in semiconductors
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Gholam-Mirzaei, Shima, Beetar, John E., Chacon, Alexis, and Chini, Michael. High-harmonic generation in ZnO driven by self-compressed mid-infrared pulses. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.35.000A27.
Gholam-Mirzaei, Shima, Beetar, John E., Chacon, Alexis, & Chini, Michael. High-harmonic generation in ZnO driven by self-compressed mid-infrared pulses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.35.000A27
Gholam-Mirzaei, Shima, Beetar, John E., Chacon, Alexis, and Chini, Michael. Tue .
"High-harmonic generation in ZnO driven by self-compressed mid-infrared pulses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.35.000A27. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1441349.
@article{osti_1441349,
title = {High-harmonic generation in ZnO driven by self-compressed mid-infrared pulses},
author = {Gholam-Mirzaei, Shima and Beetar, John E. and Chacon, Alexis and Chini, Michael},
abstractNote = {Progress in attosecond science has relied on advancements in few-cycle pulse generation technology and its application to high-order harmonic generation. Traditionally, self-phase modulation in bulk solids has been used for the compression of moderate-energy pulses, additionally exhibiting favorable dispersion properties for mid-infrared (mid-IR) pulses. For this study, we use the anomalous dispersion of Y3Al5O12 (YAG) to self-compress many-cycle pulses from a 50 kHz mid-IR OPA down to produce sub-three-cycle 10 μJ pulses and further use them to generate high-order harmonics in a ZnO crystal. In agreement with theoretical predictions, we observe a boost in the harmonic yield by a factor of two, and spectral broadening of above-gap harmonics, compared to longer driving pulses. The enhanced yield results from an increase in the intensity for the self-compressed pulses.},
doi = {10.1364/JOSAB.35.000A27},
journal = {Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics},
number = 4,
volume = 35,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {2}
}
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Fig. 1: Self-compression and HHG setup. CM, curved mirror; Dashed thick line, movable mirror. Mid-IR pulses are directed first to the FROG for characterization and further to the HHG setup.
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