Suppression of driving laser in high harmonic generation with a microchannel plate

    Authors

    Q. Zhang; K. Zhao; J. Li; M. Chini; Y. Cheng; Y. Wu; E. Cunningham;Z. H. Chang

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET; ATTOSECOND PULSES; BEAM SPLITTER; X-RAYS; RADIATION; REGION; OPTICS; Optics

    Abstract

    Separating the infrared driving laser from the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses after high-order harmonic generation has been a long-standing difficulty. In this Letter, we propose and demonstrate that the driving laser can be blocked by simply installing a microchannel plate (MCP) into the beam line. In addition to its high damage threshold, the MCP filter also transmits photons over the entire XUV region. This paves the way for attosecond pulse generation with unprecedented bandwidth. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    39

    Issue/Number

    12

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    3670

    Last Page

    3673

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000338870500079

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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