TITLE:
New Approaches in Frequency Conversion of Laser Radiation in Plasma Plumes
AUTHORS:
Rashid A. Ganeev
KEYWORDS:
High-Order Harmonic Generation; Laser Plasma; Ultrashort Laser Pulses
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.3 No.4,
August
8,
2013
ABSTRACT: Recent studies of plasma harmonic generation are
reviewed. We show the advances of this technique for generation of coherent
ultrashort pulses in the extreme ultraviolet range. Among the achievements
highlighted in this review are the comparative experimental and theoretical
studies of high-order harmonic generation in silver plasma, isolated subfemtosecond
pulse generation in Mn plasma ablation, stable generation of high-order
harmonics of femtosecond laser radiation from laser produced plasma plumes at 1
kHz pulse repetition rate, and high-order harmonic generation in fullerenes
using few- and multi-cycle pulses of different wavelengths. We show that new
developments of plasma harmonic studies can lead to the creation of an
attractive field of laser ablation induced high-order harmonic generation
spectroscopy.