The generation of continuous spectrum centered at 400 nm from solid thin plates is demonstrated in this work.A continuum covering 365 nm to 445 nm is obtained when 125-µJ frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser pulse...The generation of continuous spectrum centered at 400 nm from solid thin plates is demonstrated in this work.A continuum covering 365 nm to 445 nm is obtained when 125-µJ frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser pulses are applied to six thin fused silica plates at 1-kHz repetition rate.The generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation simplified for forward propagation is solved numerically,the spectral broadening with the experimental parameters is simulated,and good agreement between simulated result and experimental measurement is achieved.The variation of electron density in the thin plate and the advantage of a low electron density in the spectral broadening process are discussed.展开更多
We utilized a set of fused silica thin plates to broaden the spectrum of 1kHz,30 fs Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses to an octave.Following the compression by chirped mirror pairs,the generated few-cycle pulses were...We utilized a set of fused silica thin plates to broaden the spectrum of 1kHz,30 fs Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses to an octave.Following the compression by chirped mirror pairs,the generated few-cycle pulses were focused onto an argon filled gas cell.We detected high order harmonics corresponding to a train of 209 as pulses,characterized by the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transition(RABITT)technique.Compared with the conventional attosecond pulse trains,the broad harmonics in such pulse trains cover more energy range,so it is more efficient in studying some typical cases,such as resonances,with frequency resolved RABITT.As the solid thin plates can support high power supercontinuum generation,it is feasible to tailor the spectrum to have different central wavelength and spectral width,which will make the RABITT source work in different applications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB0405202),the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61690221)the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11774277).
文摘The generation of continuous spectrum centered at 400 nm from solid thin plates is demonstrated in this work.A continuum covering 365 nm to 445 nm is obtained when 125-µJ frequency-doubled Ti:sapphire laser pulses are applied to six thin fused silica plates at 1-kHz repetition rate.The generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation simplified for forward propagation is solved numerically,the spectral broadening with the experimental parameters is simulated,and good agreement between simulated result and experimental measurement is achieved.The variation of electron density in the thin plate and the advantage of a low electron density in the spectral broadening process are discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFB0405202)the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61690221)+1 种基金the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11434016)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11574384,11674386,and 11774277)
文摘We utilized a set of fused silica thin plates to broaden the spectrum of 1kHz,30 fs Ti:sapphire amplified laser pulses to an octave.Following the compression by chirped mirror pairs,the generated few-cycle pulses were focused onto an argon filled gas cell.We detected high order harmonics corresponding to a train of 209 as pulses,characterized by the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transition(RABITT)technique.Compared with the conventional attosecond pulse trains,the broad harmonics in such pulse trains cover more energy range,so it is more efficient in studying some typical cases,such as resonances,with frequency resolved RABITT.As the solid thin plates can support high power supercontinuum generation,it is feasible to tailor the spectrum to have different central wavelength and spectral width,which will make the RABITT source work in different applications.