Direct generation of intense extreme-ultraviolet supercontinuum with 35-fs, 11-mJ pulses from a femtosecond laser amplifier

  • Bin Zeng*
  • , Wei Chu
  • , Guihua Li
  • , Jinping Yao
  • , Jielei Ni
  • , Haisu Zhang
  • , Ya Cheng
  • , Zhizhan Xu
  • , Yi Wu
  • , Zenghu Chang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report on the generation of an intense extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) supercontinuum with photon energies spanning from 35 to 50 eV (i.e., supporting an isolated attosecond pulse with a duration of ∼271 as) by loosely focusing 35 fs, 11 mJ pulses from a femtosecond laser amplifier into a 10-mm-long gas cell filled with krypton gas. The dramatic change in spectral and temporal properties of the driver pulses after passing through the gas cell indicates that propagation effects play a significant role in promoting the generation of the EUV supercontinuum.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033839
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume85
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

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