Dispersion-controlled hollow core fiber for phase matched harmonic generation

doi:10.1364/OE.3.000360

Optics Express

Editor: J. H. Eberly
Vol. 3, Iss. 10 — Nov. 9, 1998
pp: 360–365

Dispersion-controlled hollow core fiber for phase matched harmonic generation

Ivan Christov, Henry Kapteyn, and Margaret Murnane »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 3, Issue 10, pp. 360-365 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.3.000360

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We describe theoretically the performance of a new design for quasi-phase matched harmonic generation in a gas medium. A hollow core fiber in which thin glass plates are periodically introduced allows good phase control of the fundamental light. The generated x-rays are transmitted through small holes in the plates. An increase of the harmonic yield of up to three orders of magnitude is predicted as a result of the structure. This design can be considered as a phase-locked travelling-wave x-ray laser.

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OCIS Codes
(190.4160) Nonlinear optics : Multiharmonic generation
(190.4360) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, devices

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History
Original Manuscript: October 19, 1998
Revised Manuscript: October 16, 1998
Published: November 9, 1998

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Ivan Christov, Henry Kapteyn, and Margaret Murnane, "Dispersion-controlled hollow core fiber for phase matched harmonic generation," Opt. Express 3, 360-365 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-3-10-360

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Z. Chang, A. Rundquist, H. Wang, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn,"Generation of Coherent Soft X Rays at 2.7 nm Using High Harmonics," Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2967-2970 (1997). [CrossRef]
C. Spielman, N. Burnett, S. Sartania, R. Koppitsch, M. Schnurer, C. Kan, M. Lenzner, P. Wobrauschek, and F. Krausz,, "Generation of Coherent X-ray Pulses in the Water Window Using 5 fs Laser Pulses," Science 278, 661- 664 (1997). [CrossRef]
A. L'Huillier, P. Balcou, and L. Lompre, "Coherence and Resonance Effects in High-Order Harmonic Generation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 166-169 (1992). [CrossRef]
A. Rundquist, C. Durfee, Z. Chang, C. Herne, S. Backus, M. Murnane and H. Kapteyn, "Phase-Matched Generation of Coherent Soft X-Rays," Science 280, 1412-1415 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. L. Shkolnikov, A. E. Kaplan, and A. Lago, "Phase-matching Optimization of Large Scale Nonlinear Frequency Upconversion in Neutral and Ionized Gases," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13, 412-423 (1996). [CrossRef]
J. Peatross, S. Voronov, and I. Prokopovich, "Selective Zoning of High Harmonic Generation Using Counter propagating Light," Opt. Express 1, 114-125 (1997), http://epubs.osa.org/oearchive/source/2247.htm . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. R. Lange, A. Chiron, J.-F. Ripoche, A. Mysyrowicz, P. Breger, and P. Agostini, "High-Order Harmonic Generation and Quasiphase Matching in Xenon Using Self-Guided Femtosecond Pulses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1611-1613 (1998). [CrossRef]
J. R. Pierce, "Traveling-Wave Tubes," Bell System Tech. Journal 24, 189-201 (1950).
N. B. Delone, and V. P. Krainov, Atoms in Strong Light Fields (Springer, New York, 1984).
I. P. Christov, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn, "Generation and Propagation of Attosecond X-ray Pulses in Gaseous Media," Phys. Rev. A 57, R2285-2288 (1998). [CrossRef]
For clarity throughout this paper we use a fused silica glass (n=1.4533) as a measure of the phase delay due to the positive dispersion introduced.
S. C. Rae and K. Burnett, "Detailed Simulation of Plasma-induced Spectral Blueshifting," Phys. Rev. A 46, 1084-1090 (1992). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. P. Christov, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn, "High-Harmonic Generation of Attosecond Pulses in the Single-Cycle Regime," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1251-1254 (1997). [CrossRef]
E. A. J. Marcateli and R. A. Schmeltzer, "Hollow Metalic and Dielectric Wave-guides for Long Distance Optical Transmission and Lasers," Bell. Syst. Tech. J. 43, 1783-1809 (1964).

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Z. Chang, A. Rundquist, H. Wang, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn,"Generation of Coherent Soft X Rays at 2.7 nm Using High Harmonics," Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2967-2970 (1997). [CrossRef]
C. Spielman, N. Burnett, S. Sartania, R. Koppitsch, M. Schnurer, C. Kan, M. Lenzner, P. Wobrauschek, and F. Krausz,, "Generation of Coherent X-ray Pulses in the Water Window Using 5 fs Laser Pulses," Science 278, 661- 664 (1997). [CrossRef]
A. L'Huillier, P. Balcou, and L. Lompre, "Coherence and Resonance Effects in High-Order Harmonic Generation," Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 166-169 (1992). [CrossRef]
A. Rundquist, C. Durfee, Z. Chang, C. Herne, S. Backus, M. Murnane and H. Kapteyn, "Phase-Matched Generation of Coherent Soft X-Rays," Science 280, 1412-1415 (1998). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
P. L. Shkolnikov, A. E. Kaplan, and A. Lago, "Phase-matching Optimization of Large Scale Nonlinear Frequency Upconversion in Neutral and Ionized Gases," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13, 412-423 (1996). [CrossRef]
J. Peatross, S. Voronov, and I. Prokopovich, "Selective Zoning of High Harmonic Generation Using Counter propagating Light," Opt. Express 1, 114-125 (1997), http://epubs.osa.org/oearchive/source/2247.htm . [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. R. Lange, A. Chiron, J.-F. Ripoche, A. Mysyrowicz, P. Breger, and P. Agostini, "High-Order Harmonic Generation and Quasiphase Matching in Xenon Using Self-Guided Femtosecond Pulses," Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1611-1613 (1998). [CrossRef]
J. R. Pierce, "Traveling-Wave Tubes," Bell System Tech. Journal 24, 189-201 (1950).
N. B. Delone, and V. P. Krainov, Atoms in Strong Light Fields (Springer, New York, 1984).
I. P. Christov, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn, "Generation and Propagation of Attosecond X-ray Pulses in Gaseous Media," Phys. Rev. A 57, R2285-2288 (1998). [CrossRef]
For clarity throughout this paper we use a fused silica glass (n=1.4533) as a measure of the phase delay due to the positive dispersion introduced.
S. C. Rae and K. Burnett, "Detailed Simulation of Plasma-induced Spectral Blueshifting," Phys. Rev. A 46, 1084-1090 (1992). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
I. P. Christov, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn, "High-Harmonic Generation of Attosecond Pulses in the Single-Cycle Regime," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1251-1254 (1997). [CrossRef]
E. A. J. Marcateli and R. A. Schmeltzer, "Hollow Metalic and Dielectric Wave-guides for Long Distance Optical Transmission and Lasers," Bell. Syst. Tech. J. 43, 1783-1809 (1964).

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