PhotoniX, Volume. 2, Issue 1, 4(2021)

Ultra-short-pulse high-average-power megahertz-repetition-rate coherent extreme-ultraviolet light source

Robert Klas1...2,*, Alexander Kirsche1,2, Martin Gebhardt1,2, Joachim Buldt1, Henning Stark1, Steffen Hädrich3, Jan Rothhardt1,2,4, and Jens Limpert1,24 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745 Jena, Germany
  • 2Helmholtz-Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
  • 3Active Fiber Systems GmbH, Ernst-Ruska-Ring 17, 07745 Jena, Germany
  • 4Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, Albert-Einstein-Str. 7, 07745 Jena, Germany
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    High harmonic generation (HHG) enables coherent extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) radiation with ultra-short pulse duration in a table-top setup. This has already enabled a plethora of applications. Nearly all of these applications would benefit from a high photon flux to increase the signal-to-noise ratio and decrease measurement times. In addition, shortest pulses are desired to investigate fastest dynamics in fields as diverse as physics, biology, chemistry and material sciences. In this work, the up-to-date most powerful table-top XUV source with 12.9 ± 3.9 mW in a single harmonic line at 26.5 eV is demonstrated via HHG of a frequency-doubled and post-compressed fibre laser. At the same time the spectrum supports a Fourier-limited pulse duration of sub-6 fs in the XUV, which allows accessing ultrafast dynamics with an order of magnitude higher photon flux than previously demonstrated. This concept will greatly advance and facilitate applications of XUV radiation in science and technology and enable photon-hungry ultrafast studies.

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    Robert Klas, Alexander Kirsche, Martin Gebhardt, Joachim Buldt, Henning Stark, Steffen Hädrich, Jan Rothhardt, Jens Limpert. Ultra-short-pulse high-average-power megahertz-repetition-rate coherent extreme-ultraviolet light source[J]. PhotoniX, 2021, 2(1): 4

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jan. 19, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 11, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Klas Robert (robert.klas@uni-jena.de)

    DOI:10.1186/s43074-021-00028-y

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