Frequency Conversion of Ultrashort Pulses in Extended Laser-Produced Plasmas

• Main Author: Ganeev, Rashid A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 89
• Subjects: Physics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Plasma Physics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

This book offers a review of the use of extended ablation plasmas as nonlinear media for HHG of high-order harmonic generation (HHG). The book describes the different experimental approaches, shows the advantages and limitations regarding HHG efficiency and discusses the particular processes that ta...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Theory and experiment of high-order harmonic generation in narrow and extended media
• 1 HHG in short-length plasmas
• 2 HHG in extended plasmas
• 3 Quasi-phase-matching of harmonics in laser-produced plasmas
• 4 Peculiarities of the HHG in the extended plasmas produced on the surfaces of different materials
• 5 New opportunities of extended plasma induced harmonic generation
• 6 Harmonic characterization using different HHG schemes
• Summary: achievements and perspectives.