2021/06/30 by Martin Kretschmar, Marc J. J. Vrakking, Kretschmar, M. +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Optics (physics.optics) #Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics #Pulsed Power Technology Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2106.15920
openalex publication_date 2021/06/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We report on a compact and spectrally intense extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) source, which is based on high-harmonic generation (HHG) driven by 395 nm pulses. In order to minimize the XUV virtual source size and to maximize the XUV flux, HHG is performed several Rayleigh lengths away from the driving laser focal plane in a high-density gas jet. As a result, a high focused XUV intensity of 5 × 1013 W/cm2 is achieved, using a beamline with a length of only two meters and a modest driving laser pulse energy of 3 mJ. The high XUV intensity is demonstrated by performing a nonlinear ionization experiment in argon, using an XUV spectrum that is dominated by a single harmonic at 22 eV. Ion charge states up to Ar3+ are observed, which requires the absorption of at least four XUV photons. The high XUV intensity and the narrow bandwidth are ideally suited for a variety of applications including photoelectron spectroscopy, the coherent control of resonant transitions and the imaging of nanoscale structures.