• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 5, 434 (2018)
Cheng Jin1、* and C. D. Lin2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Applied Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 2J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.6.000434 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Cheng Jin, C. D. Lin. Control of soft X-ray high harmonic spectrum by using two-color laser pulses[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): 434 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We demonstrate the suppression of soft X-ray high harmonics generated by two-color laser pulses interacting with Ne gas in a gas cell. We show that harmonic suppression can occur at the proper combination of the propagation distance and gas pressure. The physical mechanism behind is the phase mismatch between “short”-trajectory harmonics generated at the early and later times through the interplay of geometric phase, dispersion, and plasma effects. In addition, we demonstrate that the position and depth of harmonic suppression can be tuned by increasing the gas pressure. Furthermore, the suppression can be extended to other laser focusing configurations by properly scaling macroscopic parameters. Our investigation reveals a simple and novel experimental scheme purely relying on the phase mismatch for selectively controlling soft X-ray tabletop light sources without adopting the filters for applications.
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    Cheng Jin, C. D. Lin. Control of soft X-ray high harmonic spectrum by using two-color laser pulses[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(5): 434
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