Ultrafast Science, Volume. 2, Issue 1, 9823783(2022)

High-Flux 100 kHz Attosecond Pulse Source Driven by a High-Average Power Annular Laser Beam

Peng Ye1、*, Lénárd Gulyás Oldal1,2, Tamás Csizmadia1, Zoltán Filus1, Tímea Grósz1, Péter Jójárt1, Imre Seres1, Zsolt Bengery1, Barnabás Gilicze1, Subhendu Kahaly1,2, Katalin Varjú1,3, and Balázs Major1,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1ELI-ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Profit Ltd., Wolfgang Sandner utca 3, Szeged H-6728, Hungary
  • 2Institute of Physics, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
  • 3Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 9, Szeged 6720, Hungary
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    High-repetition rate attosecond pulse sources are indispensable tools for time-resolved studies of electron dynamics, such as coincidence spectroscopy and experiments with high demands on statistics or signal-to-noise ratio, especially in the case of solid and big molecule samples in chemistry and biology. Although with the high-repetition rate lasers, such attosecond pulses in a pump-probe configuration are possible to achieve, until now, only a few such light sources have been demonstrated. Here, by shaping the driving laser to an annular beam, a 100 kHz attosecond pulse train (APT) is reported with the highest energy so far (51 pJ/shot) on target (269 pJ at generation) among the high-repetition rate systems (>10 kHz) in which the attosecond pulses were temporally characterized. The on-target pulse energy is maximized by reducing the losses from the reflections and filtering of the high harmonics, and an unprecedented 19% transmission rate from the generation point to the target position is achieved. At the same time, the probe beam is also annular and low loss of this beam is reached by using another holey mirror to combine with the APT. The advantages of using an annular beam to generate attosecond pulses with a high-average power laser are demonstrated experimentally and theoretically. The effect of nonlinear propagation in the generation medium on the annular-beam generation concept is also analyzed in detail.

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    Peng Ye, Lénárd Gulyás Oldal, Tamás Csizmadia, Zoltán Filus, Tímea Grósz, Péter Jójárt, Imre Seres, Zsolt Bengery, Barnabás Gilicze, Subhendu Kahaly, Katalin Varjú, Balázs Major. High-Flux 100 kHz Attosecond Pulse Source Driven by a High-Average Power Annular Laser Beam[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2022, 2(1): 9823783

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Oct. 7, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 10, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2023

    The Author Email: Ye Peng (pengleafbit@gmail.com), Major Balázs (balazs.major@eli-alps.hu)

    DOI:10.34133/2022/9823783

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