High-harmonic generation in solids from a high-energy fiber laser system

We demonstrate high-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids using a high-energy fiber laser system operating at 1550 nm. The driving few-cycle source consists of an erbium-doped fiber chirped pulse amplifier combined with a post-compression stage featuring a gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber...

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Main Authors: D. Boukhaoui, A. Mikhneva, S. Idlahcen, J. Houard, T. Godin, L. Guiramand, I. Blum, F. Amrani, F. Gérôme, F. Benabid, D. Gauthier, W. Boutu, H. Merdji, A. Vella, A. Hideur
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Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2025-02-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0244415
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S. Idlahcen
J. Houard
T. Godin
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F. Gérôme
F. Benabid
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W. Boutu
H. Merdji
A. Vella
A. Hideur
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description We demonstrate high-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids using a high-energy fiber laser system operating at 1550 nm. The driving few-cycle source consists of an erbium-doped fiber chirped pulse amplifier combined with a post-compression stage featuring a gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). The nonlinear self-compression process in the HC-PCF enables the generation of ultrashort pulses with sub-50 fs durations and μJ-level energies at a 660 kHz repetition rate. Perturbative and non-perturbative harmonics were subsequently generated when focusing the few-cycle pulses into zinc oxide (ZnO) and magnesium oxide (MgO) bulk samples. In the latter, in particular, we observed the generation of extreme ultraviolet harmonics up to H29 (below 55 nm), highlighting the remarkable potential of such a platform for the development of compact HHG sources.
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spelling doaj-art-fe0352ceae8c47f99c9f52ad62a496732025-08-20T03:15:57ZengAIP Publishing LLCAPL Photonics2378-09672025-02-01102026106026106-910.1063/5.0244415High-harmonic generation in solids from a high-energy fiber laser systemD. Boukhaoui0A. Mikhneva1S. Idlahcen2J. Houard3T. Godin4L. Guiramand5I. Blum6F. Amrani7F. Gérôme8F. Benabid9D. Gauthier10W. Boutu11H. Merdji12A. Vella13A. Hideur14GPM UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceGPM UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceCORIA UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceGPM UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceCORIA UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceCORIA UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceGPM UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceGlophotonics, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceGlophotonics, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceGlophotonics, 123 avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, LIDYL, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, LIDYL, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, FranceLaboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, FranceGPM UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceCORIA UMR 6634, CNRS - University of Rouen Normandie - INSA Rouen Normandie, Rouen, FranceWe demonstrate high-harmonic generation (HHG) in solids using a high-energy fiber laser system operating at 1550 nm. The driving few-cycle source consists of an erbium-doped fiber chirped pulse amplifier combined with a post-compression stage featuring a gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). The nonlinear self-compression process in the HC-PCF enables the generation of ultrashort pulses with sub-50 fs durations and μJ-level energies at a 660 kHz repetition rate. Perturbative and non-perturbative harmonics were subsequently generated when focusing the few-cycle pulses into zinc oxide (ZnO) and magnesium oxide (MgO) bulk samples. In the latter, in particular, we observed the generation of extreme ultraviolet harmonics up to H29 (below 55 nm), highlighting the remarkable potential of such a platform for the development of compact HHG sources.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0244415
spellingShingle D. Boukhaoui
A. Mikhneva
S. Idlahcen
J. Houard
T. Godin
L. Guiramand
I. Blum
F. Amrani
F. Gérôme
F. Benabid
D. Gauthier
W. Boutu
H. Merdji
A. Vella
A. Hideur
High-harmonic generation in solids from a high-energy fiber laser system
APL Photonics
title High-harmonic generation in solids from a high-energy fiber laser system
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title_short High-harmonic generation in solids from a high-energy fiber laser system
title_sort high harmonic generation in solids from a high energy fiber laser system
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0244415
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