Generation of high-photon flux-coherent soft x-ray radiation with few-cycle pulses

Opt Lett. 2013 Dec 1;38(23):5051-4. doi: 10.1364/OL.38.005051.

Abstract

We present a tabletop source of coherent soft x-ray radiation with high-photon flux. Two-cycle pulses delivered by a fiber-laser-pumped optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier operating at 180 kHz repetition rate are upconverted via high harmonic generation in neon to photon energies beyond 200 eV. A maximum photon flux of 1.3·10(8) photons/s is achieved within a 1% bandwidth at 125 eV photon energy. This corresponds to a conversion efficiency of ~10(-9), which can be reached due to a gas jet simultaneously providing a high target density and phase matching. Further scaling potential toward higher photon flux as well as higher photon energies are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Argon
  • Neon
  • Photons*
  • X-Rays

Substances

  • Neon
  • Argon