Relativistic frequency upshift to the extreme ultraviolet regime using self-induced oscillatory flying mirrors

I Jong Kim, Ki Hong Pae, Chul Min Kim, Hyung Taek Kim, Hyeok Yun, Sang Jae Yun, Jae Hee Sung, Seong Ku Lee, Jin Woo Yoon, Tae Jun Yu, Tae Moon Jeong, Chang Hee Nam and Jongmin Lee ()
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I Jong Kim: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Ki Hong Pae: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Chul Min Kim: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Hyung Taek Kim: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Hyeok Yun: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Sang Jae Yun: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Jae Hee Sung: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Seong Ku Lee: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Jin Woo Yoon: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Tae Jun Yu: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Tae Moon Jeong: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST
Chang Hee Nam: KAIST
Jongmin Lee: Advanced Photonics Research Institute, GIST

Nature Communications, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Coherent short-wavelength radiation from laser–plasma interactions is of increasing interest in disciplines including ultrafast biomolecular imaging and attosecond physics. Using solid targets instead of atomic gases could enable the generation of coherent extreme ultraviolet radiation with higher energy and more energetic photons. Here we present the generation of extreme ultraviolet radiation through coherent high-harmonic generation from self-induced oscillatory flying mirrors—a new-generation mechanism established in a long underdense plasma on a solid target. Using a 30-fs, 100-TW Ti:sapphire laser, we obtain wavelengths as short as 4.9 nm for an optimized level of amplified spontaneous emission. Particle-in-cell simulations show that oscillatory flying electron nanosheets form in a long underdense plasma, and suggest that the high-harmonic generation is caused by reflection of the laser pulse from electron nanosheets. We expect this extreme ultraviolet radiation to be valuable in realizing a compact X-ray instrument for research in biomolecular imaging and attosecond physics.

Date: 2012
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