Ultra-short-pulse high-average-power megahertz-repetition-rate coherent extreme-ultraviolet light source

Robert Klas; Alexander Kirsche; Martin Gebhardt; Joachim Buldt; Henning Stark; Steffen Hädrich; Jan Rothhardt; Jens Limpert

doi:10.1186/s43074-021-00028-y

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Robert Klas, Alexander Kirsche, Martin Gebhardt, Joachim Buldt, Henning Stark, Steffen Hädrich, Jan Rothhardt, Jens Limpert. Ultra-short-pulse high-average-power megahertz-repetition-rate coherent extreme-ultraviolet light source[J]. PhotoniX. doi: 10.1186/s43074-021-00028-y

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Ultra-short-pulse high-average-power megahertz-repetition-rate coherent extreme-ultraviolet light source

doi: 10.1186/s43074-021-00028-y

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Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str
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Helmholtz-Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Active Fiber Systems GmbH, Ernst-Ruska-Ring 17, 07745, Jena, Germany
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Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, Albert-Einstein-Str

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r Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur (501100004404, 2017 FGR 0076), by the Thü

This work was supported by the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Advanced Photon Sources (CAPS), by the Innovation Pool of the Research Field Matter of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers in project (ECRAPS), by APPA R&D:Licht-Materie Wechselwirkung mit hochgeladenen Ionen (13 N12082), by the Thü

ringer Aufbaubank (TAB Forschergruppe 2015FGR0094), and by the Helmholtz association under grant agreement HGF ExNet-0019-Phase 2-3.

Received Date: 2021-01-19
Accepted Date: 2021-04-11

Available Online: 2021-04-19

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Abstract

High harmonic generation (HHG) enables coherent extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) radiation with ultra-short pulse duration in a table-top setup. This has already enabled a plethora of applications. Nearly all of these applications would benefit from a high photon flux to increase the signal-to-noise ratio and decrease measurement times. In addition, shortest pulses are desired to investigate fastest dynamics in fields as diverse as physics, biology, chemistry and material sciences. In this work, the up-to-date most powerful table-top XUV source with 12.9 ± 3.9 mW in a single harmonic line at 26.5 eV is demonstrated via HHG of a frequency-doubled and post-compressed fibre laser. At the same time the spectrum supports a Fourier-limited pulse duration of sub-6 fs in the XUV, which allows accessing ultrafast dynamics with an order of magnitude higher photon flux than previously demonstrated. This concept will greatly advance and facilitate applications of XUV radiation in science and technology and enable photon-hungry ultrafast studies.

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