Frequency Conversion of Ultrashort Pulses in Extended Laser-Produced Plasmas (eBook)
XIII, 221 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-10-0194-9 (ISBN)
This book offers a review of the use of extended ablation plasmas as nonlinear media for HHG of high-order harmonic generation (HHG). The book describes the different experimental approaches, shows the advantages and limitations regarding HHG efficiency and discusses the particular processes that take place at longer interaction lengths, including propagation and quasi-phase matching effects. It describes the most recent approaches to harmonic generation in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) range with the use of extended plasma plumes, and how these differ from more commonly-used gas-jet sources. The main focus is on studies using extended plasmas, but some new findings from HHG experiments in narrow plasma plumes are also discussed. It also describes how quasi-phase-matching in modulated plasmas, as demonstrated in recent studies, has revealed different means of tuning enhanced harmonic groups in the XUV region.
After an introduction to the fundamental theoretical and experimental aspects of HHG, a review of the most important results of HHG in narrow plasmas is presented, including recent studies of small-sized plasma plumes as emitters of high-order harmonics. In Chapter 2, various findings in the application of extended plasmas for harmonic generation are analyzed. One of the most important applications of extended plasmas, the quasi-phase-matching of generated harmonics, is demonstrated in Chapter 3, including various approaches to the modification of perforated plasma plumes. Chapter 4 depicts the nonlinear optical features of extended plasmas produced on the surfaces of different non-metal materials. Chapter 5 is dedicated to the analysis of new opportunities for extended plasma induced HHG. The advantages of the application of long plasma plumes for HHG, such as resonance enhancement and double-pulse method, are discussed in Chapter 6. Finally, a summary section brings together all of these findings and discuss the perspectives of extended plasma formations for efficient HHG and nonlinear optical plasma spectroscopy.
The book will be useful for students and scholars working in this highly multidisciplinary domain involving material science, nonlinear optics and laser spectroscopy. It brings the new researcher to the very frontier of the physics of the interaction between laser and extended plasma; for the expert it will serve as an essential guide and indicate directions for future research.
Rashid A. Ganeev is an internationally recognized expert in the field of High Harmonic Generation (HHG) in laser ablation plasmas. In the present book, he specifically addresses the case of extended ablation plasmas as nonlinear media for HHG. The book describes the different experimental approaches, shows the advantages and limitations regarding HHG efficiency and discusses the particular processes that take place at longer interaction lengths, including propagation and quasi-phase matching effects. Several schemes have been proposed such as exploitation of a resonance between pump laser and driven matter, use of nano-molecules and metal clusters, use on modulated extended plasmas and so on.
The structure of the book follows a logical presentation of first providing an overview of HHG in short length ablation plasma plumes and introducing in the following chapters the different experimental approaches tested to generate longer plumes. The results presented are a recollection of the author´s own contributions but there are also plenty of references to publications by other actors in the field. The book shows the perspectives of further development of HHG in extended plasma plumes. It also provides an updated recollection of the subject of plasma harmonics, which will be useful for students and scholars working in this highly multidisciplinary domain encountering material science, nonlinear optics and laser spectroscopy. The present book brings the new researcher at the very frontier of the physics of the interaction between laser and extended plasma; it will serve to the expert as an essential compass to follow a predetermined path.This book offers a review of the use ofextended ablation plasmas as nonlinear media for HHG of high-order harmonicgeneration (HHG). The book describes the different experimentalapproaches, shows the advantages and limitations regarding HHG efficiency anddiscusses the particular processes that take place at longer interactionlengths, including propagation and quasi-phase matching effects. Itdescribes the most recent approaches to harmonic generation in the extremeultraviolet (XUV) range with the use of extended plasma plumes, and how thesediffer from more commonly-used gas-jet sources. The main focus is on studiesusing extended plasmas, but some new findings from HHG experiments in narrowplasma plumes are also discussed. It also describes how quasi-phase-matching inmodulated plasmas, as demonstrated in recent studies, has revealed differentmeans of tuning enhanced harmonic groups in the XUV region. After an introduction to the fundamentaltheoretical and experimental aspects of HHG, a review of the most importantresults of HHG in narrow plasmas is presented, including recent studies ofsmall-sized plasma plumes as emitters of high-order harmonics. In Chapter 2,various findings in the application of extended plasmas for harmonic generationare analyzed. One of the most important applications of extended plasmas, thequasi-phase-matching of generated harmonics, is demonstrated in Chapter 3,including various approaches to the modification of perforated plasma plumes. Chapter 4 depicts the nonlinear optical features of extended plasmas producedon the surfaces of different non-metal materials. Chapter 5 is dedicatedto the analysis of new opportunities for extended plasma induced HHG. Theadvantages of the application of long plasma plumes for HHG, such as resonanceenhancement and double-pulse method, are discussed in Chapter 6. Finally, asummary section brings together all of these findings and discuss theperspectives of extended plasma formations for efficient HHG and nonlinearoptical plasma spectroscopy.The book will be useful for students andscholars working in this highly multidisciplinary domain involving materialscience, nonlinear optics and laser spectroscopy. It brings the new researcherto the very frontier of the physics of the interaction between laser andextended plasma; for the expert it will serve as an essential guide andindicate directions for future research.
Rashid A. Ganeev is an internationally recognized expert in the field of High Harmonic Generation (HHG) in laser ablation plasmas. In the present book, he specifically addresses the case of extended ablation plasmas as nonlinear media for HHG. The book describes the different experimental approaches, shows the advantages and limitations regarding HHG efficiency and discusses the particular processes that take place at longer interaction lengths, including propagation and quasi-phase matching effects. Several schemes have been proposed such as exploitation of a resonance between pump laser and driven matter, use of nano-molecules and metal clusters, use on modulated extended plasmas and so on. The structure of the book follows a logical presentation of first providing an overview of HHG in short length ablation plasma plumes and introducing in the following chapters the different experimental approaches tested to generate longer plumes. The results presented are a recollection of the author´s own contributions but there are also plenty of references to publications by other actors in the field. The book shows the perspectives of further development of HHG in extended plasma plumes. It also provides an updated recollection of the subject of plasma harmonics, which will be useful for students and scholars working in this highly multidisciplinary domain encountering material science, nonlinear optics and laser spectroscopy. The present book brings the new researcher at the very frontier of the physics of the interaction between laser and extended plasma; it will serve to the expert as an essential compass to follow a predetermined path.
Preface 7
Contents 11
1 Introduction. Theory and Experiment of High-Order Harmonic Generation in Narrow and Extended Media 14
1.1 High-Order Harmonic Generation in Isotropic Medium: Three-Step Model and Macroscopic Consideration of Frequency Conversion 14
1.2 Overview of the Applications of Long Gaseous Media for the HHG 17
References 19
2 HHG in Short-Length Plasmas 21
2.1 Modern History and Perspectives of Harmonic Generation in Narrow Plasma Plumes 21
2.2 Spatial Coherence Measurements of Non-resonant and Resonant High-Order Harmonics Generated in Narrow Laser Ablation Plumes 26
2.3 Resonance Processes in the Plasma Plumes 33
2.3.1 Resonant and Non-resonant High-Order Harmonic Generation in the Plasmas Produced by Picosecond and Femtosecond Pulses 33
2.3.2 Resonance Enhancement of the 11th Harmonic of 1064 nm Picosecond Radiation Generated in Lead Plasma 40
2.4 Peculiarities of the High-Order Harmonics from Different Narrow Plasmas Generating at 1 kHz Repetition Rate 49
2.5 Concluding Comments 57
References 58
3 HHG in Extended Plasmas 63
3.1 Advanced Properties of Extended Plasmas for Efficient High-Order Harmonic Generation 63
3.2 Enhanced Harmonic Generation Using Different Second-Harmonic Sources for the Two-Color Pump of Extended Laser-Produced Plasmas 69
3.3 Modification of Modulated Plasma Plumes 79
3.4 Characterization of the High-Order Harmonics of 64 fs Pulses Generated in Extended Plasma Plumes 85
3.5 Concluding Comments 92
References 93
4 Quasi-Phase-Matching of Harmonics in Laser-Produced Plasmas 96
4.1 Perforated Target Ablation for the Formation of the Modulated Plasma for Quasi-Phase-Matched Harmonic Generation 98
4.2 Quasi-Phase-Matching of Harmonics Using the Variable Multi-jet Plasmas 103
4.3 QPM-Induced Enhancement of HHG During Two-Color Pump of Multi-jet Plasmas 109
4.4 Peculiarities of QPM Harmonics Using Different Targets and Pump Schemes 114
4.5 Influence of Plasma Jet Sizes and Pulse Energies on the Characteristics of QPM Harmonics 119
4.6 Concluding Comments 127
References 128
5 Peculiarities of the HHG in the Extended Plasmas Produced on the Surfaces of Different Materials 130
5.1 Harmonic Generation in the Plasmas Produced on the 5-mm-Long Crystal Surfaces 132
5.2 Application of the Laser Plasmas Produced on the Extended Surfaces of Elemental Semiconductors 138
5.3 Application of Carbon Cluster-Contained Extended Plasmas for the High-Order Harmonic Generation of Ultrashort Pulses 144
5.4 Morphology of Laser-Produced Carbon Nanoparticle Plasmas and High-Order Harmonic Generation of Ultrashort Pulses in Extended Clustered Media 150
5.5 Graphene-Contained Extended Plasma: A Medium for the Coherent Extreme Ultraviolet Light Generation 161
5.6 Concluding Comments 164
References 166
6 New Opportunities of Extended Plasma Induced Harmonic Generation 171
6.1 Third and Fourth Harmonics Generation in Laser-Induced Periodic Plasmas 172
6.2 Resonance-Enhanced Harmonics Generated in Nanoparticle and Monomer Plasmas 180
6.3 Electron Density Measurements in Laser-Produced Plasma Using the Nonlinear Optical Method 188
6.4 Concluding Comments 195
References 197
7 Harmonic Characterization Using Different HHG Schemes in the Extended Plasmas 199
7.1 Low- and High-Order Harmonic Generation in the Extended Plasmas Produced by Laser Ablation of Zinc and Manganese Targets 200
7.2 Application of Double Femtosecond Pulses for Plasma Harmonic Generation 210
7.3 Concluding Comments 217
References 217
8 Summary: Achievements and Perspectives 219
References 226
Index 228
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.2.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics | Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics |
| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 221 p. 101 illus., 6 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Singapore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Plasmaphysik | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| Schlagworte | Extended laser-produced plasmas • Extreme ultraviolet (XUV) generation • High-order Harmonic Generation • Laser-produced plasma plumes • nonlinear optical plasma spectroscopy • quasi-phase-matching • Ultrashort pulse interaction with plasmas |
| ISBN-10 | 981-10-0194-4 / 9811001944 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-981-10-0194-9 / 9789811001949 |
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