Ultrafast Science, Volume. 2, Issue 1, 9893418(2022)

High-Harmonic Generation and Correlated Electron Emission from Relativistic Plasma Mirrors at 1 kHz Repetition Rate

Stefan Haessler1、*, Marie Ouillé1,2, Jaismeen Kaur1, Maïmouna Bocoum1, Frederik Böhle1, Dan Levy3, Louis Daniault1, Aline Vernier1, Jérôme Faure1, and Rodrigo Lopez-Martens1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 181 Chemin de la Hunière et des Joncherettes, 91120 Palaiseau, France
  • 2Ardop Engineering, Cité de la Photonique, 11 Avenue de la Canteranne, Bât. Pléione, 33600 PessacFrance
  • 3Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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    Stefan Haessler, Marie Ouillé, Jaismeen Kaur, Maïmouna Bocoum, Frederik Böhle, Dan Levy, Louis Daniault, Aline Vernier, Jérôme Faure, Rodrigo Lopez-Martens. High-Harmonic Generation and Correlated Electron Emission from Relativistic Plasma Mirrors at 1 kHz Repetition Rate[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2022, 2(1): 9893418

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Dec. 14, 2021

    Accepted: Jun. 1, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2023

    The Author Email: Haessler Stefan (stefan.haessler@cnrs.fr)

    DOI:10.34133/2022/9893418

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