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The use of nanoparticles for efficient conversion of the wavelength of ultrashort laser toward the deep UV spectral range through harmonic generation is an attractive application of cluster-containing plasmas. Note that earlier observations of HHG in nanoparticles were limited by using the exotic gas clusters formed during fast cooling of atomic flow from the gas jets 1-4. One can assume the difficulties in definition of the structure of such clusters and the ratio between nanoparticles and atoms/ions in the gas flow. The characterization of gas phase cluster production was currently improved using the sophisticated techniques (e.g., a control of nanoparticle mass and spatial distribution, see the review 5). In the meantime, the plasma nanoparticle HHG has demonstrated some advantages over gas cluster HHG 6. The application of commercially available nanopowders allowed for precisely defining the sizes and structure of these clusters in the plume. The laser ablation technique made possible the predictable manipulation of plasma characteristics, which led to the creation of laser plumes containing mainly nanoparticles with known spatial structure. The latter allows the application of such plumes in nonlinear optics, X-ray emission of clusters, deposition of nanoparticles with fixed parameters on the substrates for semiconductor industry, production of nanostructured and nanocomposite films, etc.
We analyse the studies of the conditions when the plasma producing on the surface of targets contains the nanoparticles, clusters, and nanotubes. The cluster-containing plasma plumes proved to be the effective media for the high-order harmonic generation of femtosecond laser pulses. We describe the HHG in various plasmas containing nanoparticles, clusters, and nanotubes.
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Ganeev, R.A. (2013). Applications of Nanoparticle-Containing Plasmas for High-Order Harmonic Generation of Laser Radiation. In: Nonlinear Optical Properties of Materials. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 174. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6022-6_6
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