3D simulations of surface harmonic generation with few-cycle laser pulses Export

@article{citeulike:1440992, abstract = {The mechanism of harmonic generation in the interaction of short laser pulses with solid targets holds promise for the production of intense attosecond pulses. Using the three-dimensional code {\tt ILLUMINATION }, we have performed simulations pertaining to an experimentally realizable parameter range by high-power laser systems to become available in the near future. The emphasis of the investigation is on the coherent nature of the emission. We studied the influence of the plasma scale length on the harmonic efficiency, angular distribution and the focusability using a post processing scheme in which the far-field of the emission is calculated. It is found that the presence of an extended density profile reduces significantly the transverse coherence length of the emitted extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light. The different stages of the interaction for two particular cases can be followed with the help of movies.}, author = {Geissler, M. and Rykovanov, S. and Schreiber, J. and Meyer-Ter-Vehn, J. and Tsakiris, G. D.}, citeulike-article-id = {1440992}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/218}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1367-2630/9/7/218/}, day = {6}, doi = {10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/218}, issn = {1367-2630}, journal = {New Journal of Physics}, keywords = {3d, few-cycle, generation, harmonic, high, illumination, laser, particle-in-cell, pic, pulse, simulation, solid-state, surface, target}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {218}, posted-at = {2009-08-03 10:28:46}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Institute of Physics Publishing}, title = {3D simulations of surface harmonic generation with few-cycle laser pulses}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/218}, volume = {9}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1440992 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1440992 N2 - The mechanism of harmonic generation in the interaction of short laser pulses with solid targets holds promise for the production of intense attosecond pulses. Using the three-dimensional code {\tt ILLUMINATION }, we have performed simulations pertaining to an experimentally realizable parameter range by high-power laser systems to become available in the near future. The emphasis of the investigation is on the coherent nature of the emission. We studied the influence of the plasma scale length on the harmonic efficiency, angular distribution and the focusability using a post processing scheme in which the far-field of the emission is calculated. It is found that the presence of an extended density profile reduces significantly the transverse coherence length of the emitted extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light. The different stages of the interaction for two particular cases can be followed with the help of movies. IS - 7 JF - New Journal of Physics SN - 1367-2630 EP - 218 TI - 3D simulations of surface harmonic generation with few-cycle laser pulses PB - Institute of Physics Publishing VL - 9 SP - 218 KW - 3d KW - few-cycle KW - generation KW - harmonic KW - high KW - illumination KW - laser KW - particle-in-cell KW - pic KW - pulse KW - simulation KW - solid-state KW - surface KW - target AU - Geissler, M AU - Rykovanov, S AU - Schreiber, J AU - Meyer-Ter-Vehn, J AU - Tsakiris, GD PY - 2007/07/06/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/9/7/218 ER -