Spatio–spectral structures in high-order harmonic beams generated with Terawatt 10-fs pulses

A. Dubrouil (), O. Hort, F. Catoire, D. Descamps, S. Petit, E. Mével, V. V. Strelkov and E. Constant
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A. Dubrouil: Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications
O. Hort: Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications
F. Catoire: Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications
D. Descamps: Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications
S. Petit: Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications
E. Mével: Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications
V. V. Strelkov: A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
E. Constant: Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract A large international effort is nowadays devoted to increase the energy of the extreme ultraviolet pulses by using high-peak power ultrashort fundamental pulses (Terawatt level). Using such fundamental pulses brings specific constraints that need to be addressed. Here we study high-order harmonic generation in gases with 10 fs pulses at Terawatt peak power and demonstrate that extreme ultraviolet beams can be highly structured and complex in various conditions. We use a single-shot spatially resolved spectral detection and demonstrate direct observation of the spatio–temporal coupling occuring in the generating medium. Clear and reproducible complex spatio–spectral structures are observed in the far field. Similar structures are reproduced with simulations and we show that they are intimately associated to the high nonlinearity of high-order harmonic generation. Those findings are of prime importance for the generation of high-energy attosecond pulses and reveal important issues for their applications.

Date: 2014
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