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A systematic investigation of high harmonic generation using mid-infrared driving laser pulses

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We report on a systematic investigation of the influences of gas pressure, focal position and focusing geometry on high harmonic generation by use of mid-infrared femtosecond laser pulses. We also discuss the spatial characteristics of harmonics under different focusing conditions. By optimizing the parameters, we experimentally observed the generation of 1 kHz, low divergence coherent X-ray beams in the water-window region.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

    JinPing Yao, Hui Xiong, Han Xu, YuXi Fu, Bin Zeng, Wei Chu, Ya Cheng & ZhiZhan Xu

  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    JinPing Yao, YuXi Fu, Bin Zeng & Wei Chu

  3. State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

    XiaoJun Liu

  4. Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, 100088, China

    Jing Chen

  5. Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Jing Chen

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Yao, J., Xiong, H., Xu, H. et al. A systematic investigation of high harmonic generation using mid-infrared driving laser pulses. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 53, 1054–1059 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-010-4016-z

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