Application of mid-infrared pulses for quasi-phase-matching of high-order harmonics in silver plasma

Opt Express. 2016 Feb 22;24(4):3414-23. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.003414.

Abstract

We demonstrate the quasi-phase-matching of a group of harmonics generated in Ag multi-jet plasma using tunable pulses in the region of 1160 - 1540 nm and their second harmonic emission. The numerical treatment of this effect includes microscopic description of the harmonic generation, propagation of the pump pulse, and the propagation of the generated harmonics. We obtained more than 30-fold growth of harmonics at the conditions of quasi-phase-matching in the region of 35 nm using eight-jet plasma compared with the case of imperforated plasma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't