Abstract

We formulate a theory of quasi-phase matching of high harmonic generation using weak counterpropagating pulse trains. We predict the optimal laser intensities and pulse shapes for the counterpropagating field and find that the conversion efficiency is better than the efficiency obtained by simply suppressing harmonic emission from out-of-phase regions.

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Quasi-phase matching of high-order harmonic generation at high photon energies using counterpropagating pulses

A. L. Lytle, X. Zhang, P. Arpin, O. Cohen, M. M. Murnane, and H. C. Kapteyn
Opt. Lett. 33(2) 174-176 (2008)

Quasi-phase matching and characterization of high-order harmonic generation in hollow waveguides using counterpropagating light

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