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Optics Express

  • Editor: Andrew M. Weiner
  • Vol. 21, Iss. 2 — Jan. 28, 2013
  • pp: 2195–2205

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High-harmonic and single attosecond pulse generation using plasmonic field enhancement in ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles with chirped laser pulses

Ying-Ying Yang, Armin Scrinzi, Anton Husakou, Qian-Guang Li, Sarah L. Stebbings, Frederik Süßmann, Hai-Juan Yu, Seungchul Kim, Eckart Rühl, Joachim Herrmann, Xue-Chun Lin, and Matthias F. Kling  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 2195-2205 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.002195


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Abstract

Coherent XUV sources, which may operate at MHz repetition rate, could find applications in high-precision spectroscopy and for spatio-time-resolved measurements of collective electron dynamics on nanostructured surfaces. We theoretically investigate utilizing the enhanced plasmonic fields in an ordered array of gold nanoparticles for the generation of high-harmonic, extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) radiation. By optimization of the chirp of ultrashort laser pulses incident on the array, our simulations indicate a potential route towards the temporal shaping of the plasmonic near-field and, in turn, the generation of single attosecond pulses. The inherent effects of inhomogeneity of the local fields on the high-harmonic generation are analyzed and discussed. While taking the inhomogeneity into account does not affect the optimal chirp for the generation of a single attosecond pulse, the cut-off energy of the high-harmonic spectrum is enhanced by about a factor of two.

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OCIS Codes
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 13, 2012
Revised Manuscript: December 23, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: December 24, 2012
Published: January 22, 2013

Citation
Ying-Ying Yang, Armin Scrinzi, Anton Husakou, Qian-Guang Li, Sarah L. Stebbings, Frederik Süßmann, Hai-Juan Yu, Seungchul Kim, Eckart Rühl, Joachim Herrmann, Xue-Chun Lin, and Matthias F. Kling, "High-harmonic and single attosecond pulse generation using plasmonic field enhancement in ordered arrays of gold nanoparticles with chirped laser pulses," Opt. Express 21, 2195-2205 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-2-2195


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