A tunable XUV monochromatic light source based on the time preserving grating selection of high-order harmonic generation

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/7/074222

Abstract We accomplish a laboratory facility for producing a femtosecond XUV coherent monochromatic radiation with a broad tunable spectral range of 20 eV–75 eV. It is based on spectral selected single-order harmonics from intense laser driven high harmonic generation in gas phase. The time preserving for the selected harmonic radiation is achieved by a Czerny–Turner type monochromator designed with a conical diffraction grating mount for minimizing the time broadening caused by grating diffraction and keeping a relatively high diffraction efficiency. Our measurement shows that the photon flux of the 23-order harmonic (H23) centered at 35.7 eV is 1×10⁹ photons/s approximately with a resolving power E/ΔE≈36. This source provides an ultrashort tunable monochromatic XUV beam for ultrafast studies of electronic and structural dynamics in a large variety of matters.

Keywords: high harmonic generation conical diffraction time preserving monochromator femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulse

Received: 11 March 2017
Revised: 23 May 2017
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PACS:	42.65.Ky	(Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation)
	42.65.Re	(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)
	32.80.Rm	(Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states)
	32.80.Wr	(Other multiphoton processes)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos.11627807,11127403,and 11474130),the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No.2013CB922200),and the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province of China (Grant No.20160101332JC).

Corresponding Authors: Ri Ma, Dajun Ding
E-mail: rma@jlu.edu.cn;dajund@jlu.edu.cn

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Yong Niu(牛永), Hongjing Liang(梁红静), Yi Liu(刘燚), Fangyuan Liu(刘方圆), Ri Ma(马日), Dajun Ding(丁大军) A tunable XUV monochromatic light source based on the time preserving grating selection of high-order harmonic generation 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 074222

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