S Teichmann et al 2009 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 135108 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/42/13/135108
S Teichmann1, B Chen2, R A Dilanian2, P Hannaford1 and L V Dao1
Show affiliationsThe spectral characteristics and degree of spatial coherence of a few-order high-harmonic beam generated by femtosecond laser pulses in an argon gas cell are studied in situ by applying the maximum-entropy method to the interference pattern from a Young double-slit pair. Power spectra of the harmonics taken across the beam profile are presented for different effective interaction lengths and different diameters of an aperture applied to the fundamental laser beam. The role of the effective focused intensity and the associated fraction of generated plasma on the high-harmonic generation process is discussed.
42.60.Jf Beam characteristics: profile, intensity, and power; spatial pattern formation
42.65.Jx Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation
42.65.Ky Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation
Issue 13 (7 July 2009)
Received 20 April 2009, in final form 13 May 2009
Published 19 June 2009
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