Influence of laser contrast on high-order harmonic generation from solid-density plasma surfaces

Jian Gao; Feng Liu; Xulei Ge; Yanqing Deng; Guobo Zhang; Yuan Fang; Wenqing Wei; Su Yang; Xiaohui Yuan; Min Chen; Zhengming Sheng; Jie Zhang

doi:10.3788/COL201715.081902

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 15, Issue 8, 081902(2017)

Influence of laser contrast on high-order harmonic generation from solid-density plasma surfaces On the Cover

Jian Gao^1,2, Feng Liu^1,2、*, Xulei Ge^1,2,3, Yanqing Deng^1,2,4, Guobo Zhang^1,2,4, Yuan Fang^1,2, Wenqing Wei^1,2, Su Yang^1,2, Xiaohui Yuan^1,2, Min Chen^1,2, Zhengming Sheng^1,2,5, and Jie Zhang^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

³State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

⁴College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

⁵SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Dec. 22, 2016

Accepted: Apr. 28, 2017

Published Online: Jul. 20, 2018

The Author Email: Feng Liu (liuf001@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL201715.081902

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