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High-harmonic generation and plasma radiation from water microdroplets

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This work studied the emission of XUV radiation from water microdroplets under excitation with either a single or a pair of intense femtosecond laser pulses (Ti:Sa, 80 fs, ∼1014 W/cm2 , 800 nm, 1 kHz). When varying the delay between the two pulses a transition from pure incoherent plasma emission to coherent high-harmonic generation was observed. Under optimized conditions high-harmonic radiation up to the 27th order was obtained.

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    A. Flettner, T. Pfeifer, D. Walter, C. Winterfeldt, C. Spielmann & G. Gerber

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Flettner, A., Pfeifer, T., Walter, D. et al. High-harmonic generation and plasma radiation from water microdroplets. Appl. Phys. B 77, 747–751 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1329-x

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