High order harmonics generation by relativistically circularly polarized laser-solid interaction

Cai Huai-Peng<sup>1\2</sup>; Gao Jian<sup>1\2</sup>; Li Bo-Yuan<sup>1\2</sup>; Liu Feng<sup>1\2</sup>; Chen Li-Ming<sup>1\2\3</sup>; Yuan Xiao-Hui<sup>1\2</sup>; Chen Min<sup>1\2</sup>; Sheng Zheng-Ming<sup>1\2\4\5</sup>; Zhang Jie<sup>1\2\3</sup>

doi:10.7498/aps.67.20181574

Abstract

Coherent extreme ultra-violet (XUV) and soft X-ray light with attosecond duration enable the time-resolved study of electron dynamics in a completely new regime. High order harmonic generation (HHG) from the highly nonlinear process of relativistically intense laser interactions with solid-density plasma offers a very new way to generate such a light source. In this paper, we study the HHG by a relativistically circularly polarized femtosecond laser interacting with solid-density plasma. The experiment is carried out by using a 200 TW Ti:sapphire laser system at the Laboratory for Laser Plasmas in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. The laser system can deliver laser pulses at 800 nm with a pulse duration (full width at half maximum, FWHM) of 25 fs and repetition rate of 10 Hz. The circularly polarized laser beam with an energy of 460 mJ is used in the experiment and focused by an F/4 off-axis parabolic mirror at an incidence angle of 40 with respect to the glass target. The focal spot diameter is 6 m (FWHM) with 25% energy enclosed, giving a calculated peak intensity of 1.61019 W/cm2. We detect high order harmonics by a flat-field spectrometer. The experimental results show that high order harmonic radiation can also be efficiently generated by a circularly polarized laser at a lager incidence angle, which provides a straightforward way to obtain a circularly polarized XUV light source. Different plasma density scale lengths are obtained by introducing a prepulse with different delays. We study the dependence of HHG efficiency on plasma density scale length by the circularly polarized laser, and find an optimal density scale length to exist. The influence of laser polarization and plasma density scale length on HHG are studied by two-dimensional (2D) PIC simulations. The good agreement is found between the 2D PIC simulations and experimental results. We plan to measure the polarization characteristics of high order harmonic produced by the interaction of circularly polarized lasers with solid target in the future. It is expected to obtain a compact coherent circularly polarized XUV light source, which can be used to study the ultra-fast dynamic process of magnetic materials.

Keywords:

Authors and contacts

1.
Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas(Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
2.
IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
3.
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
4.
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G40 NG, UK;
5.
Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Corresponding author: Liu Feng^1\2, liuf001@sjtu.edu.cn;lmchen@iphy.ac.cn ; Chen Li-Ming^1\2\3, liuf001@sjtu.edu.cn;lmchen@iphy.ac.cn ;

Funds: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CBA01504), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11721091, 11305103, 11775144), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, China (Grant Nos. 18ZR1419200, 13ZR1456300), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2017M621443).

References

[1]	Goulielmakis E, Schultze M, Hofstetter M, Yakovlev V S, Gagnon J, Uiberacker M, Aquila A L, Gullikson E M, Attwood D T, Kienberger R, Krausz F, Kleineberg U 2008 Science 320 1614
[2]	Ravasio A, Gauthier D, Maia F R, Billon M, Caumes J P, Garzella D, Géléoc M, Gobert O, Hergott J F, Pena A M, Perez H, Carré B, Bourhis E, Gierak J, Madouri A, Mailly D, Schiedt B, Fajardo M, Gautier J, Zeitoun P, Bucksbaum P H, Hajdu J, Merdji H 2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 028104
[3]	Shaw B H, Tilborg J V, Sokollik T, Schroeder C B, Mckinney W R, Artemiev N A, Yashchuk V V, Gullikson E M, Leemans W P 2013 J. Appl. Phys. 114 043106
[4]	Fan T T, Grychtol P, Knut R, Carlos H G, Hickstein D D, Zusin D, Gentry C, Dollar F J, Mancuso C A, Hogle C W, Kfir O, Legut D, Carva K, Ellis J L, Dorney K M, Chen C, Shpyrko O G, Fullerton E E, Cohen O, Oppeneer P M, Miloševic D B, Becker A, Agnieszka A, Becker J, Popmintchev T, Murnane M M, Kapteyn H C 2015 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112 14206
[5]	Kfir O, Grychtol P, Turgut E, Knut R, Zusin D, Popmintchev D, Popmintchev T, Nembach H, Justin M, Shaw, Fleischer A, Kapteyn H, Murnane M, Cohen O 2015 Nat. Photon. 9 99
[6]	Cireasa R, Boguslavskiy A E, Pons B, Wong M C H, Descamps D, Petit S, Ruf H, Thiré N, Ferré A, Suarez J, Higuet J, Schmidt B E, Alharbi A F, Légaré F, Blanchet V, Fabre B, Patchkovskii S, Smirnova O, Mairesse Y, Bhardwaj V R 2015 Nat. Phys. 11 654
[7]	Allaria E, Diviacco B, Callegari C, Finetti C, Mahieu B, Viefhaus J, Zangrando M, de Ninno G, Lambert G, Ferrari E, Buck J, Ilchen M, Vodungbo B, Mahne N, Svetina C, Spezzani C, Mitri S D, Penco G, Trovó M, Fawley W M, Rebernik P R, Gauthier D, Grazioli C, Coreno M, Ressel B, Kivimäki A, Mazza T, Glaser L, Scholz F, Seltmann J, Gessler P, Grnert J, de Fanis A, Meyer M, Knie A, Moeller S P, Raimondi L, Capotondi F, Pedersoli E, Plekan O, Danailov M B, Demidovich A, Nikolov I, Abrami A, Gautier J, Lning J, Zeitoun P, Giannessi L 2014 Phys. Rev. X 4 041040
[8]	Kim I J, Kim C M, Kim H T, Lee G H, Lee Y S, Park J Y, Cho D J, Nam C H 2005 Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 243901
[9]	Bocoum M, Thévenet M, Böhle F, Beaurepaire B, Vernier A, Jullien A 2016 Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 185001
[10]	Lavocat-Dubuis X, Matte J P 2010 Phys. Plasmas 17 093105
[11]	Li K, Zhang J, Yu W 2003 Acta Phys. Sin. 52 1412 (in Chinese)[李昆, 张杰, 余玮 2003 物理学报 52 1412]
[12]	Zhang Q J, Sheng Z M, Zhang J 2004 Acta Phys. Sin. 53 2180 (in Chinese)[张秋菊, 盛正明, 张杰 2004 物理学报 53 2180]
[13]	Cerchez M, Giesecke A L, Peth C, Toncian M, Albertazzi B, Fuchs J, Willi O, Toncian T 2013 Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 065003
[14]	Quéré F, Thaury C, Monot P, Dobosz S, Martin P, Geindre J P, Audebert P 2006 Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 125004
[15]	Bulanov S V, Naumova N M, Pegoraro F 1994 Phys. Plasma 1 745
[16]	Baeva T, Gordienko S, Pukhov A 2006 Phys. Rev. E 74 046404
[17]	Sheng Z M, Mima K, Zhang J, Sanuki H 2005 Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 095003
[18]	Easter J H, Nees J A, Hou B X, Mordovanakis A, Mourou G, Thomas A G R, Krushelnick K 2013 New J. Phys. 15 025035
[19]	Rykovanov S, Geissler M, Meyer-Ter-Vehn J, Tsakiris G 2008 New J. Phys. 10 025025
[20]	Yeung M, Bierbach J, Eckner E, Rykovanov S, Kuschel S, Sävert A, Forster M, Rödel C, Paulus G G, Cousens S, Coughlan M, Dromey B, Zepf M 2015 Phys. Rev. Lett. 115 193903
[21]	Chen Z Y, Li X Y, Li B Y, Chen M, Liu F 2018 Opt. Express 26 4572
[22]	Chen Z Y, Pukhov A 2016 Nat. Commun. 7 12515
[23]	Gao J, Liu F, Ge X L, Deng Y Q, Fang Y, Wei W Q, Yang S, Yuan X H, Chen M, Sheng Z M, Zhang J 2017 Chin. Opt. Lett. 15 081902
[24]	Ge X L, Fang Y, Yang S, Wei W Q, Liu F, Yuan P, Ma J G, Zhao L, Yuan X H, Zhang J 2018 Chin. Opt. Lett. 16 013201

Cited By

[1]	Goulielmakis E, Schultze M, Hofstetter M, Yakovlev V S, Gagnon J, Uiberacker M, Aquila A L, Gullikson E M, Attwood D T, Kienberger R, Krausz F, Kleineberg U 2008 Science 320 1614
[2]	Ravasio A, Gauthier D, Maia F R, Billon M, Caumes J P, Garzella D, Géléoc M, Gobert O, Hergott J F, Pena A M, Perez H, Carré B, Bourhis E, Gierak J, Madouri A, Mailly D, Schiedt B, Fajardo M, Gautier J, Zeitoun P, Bucksbaum P H, Hajdu J, Merdji H 2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 028104
[3]	Shaw B H, Tilborg J V, Sokollik T, Schroeder C B, Mckinney W R, Artemiev N A, Yashchuk V V, Gullikson E M, Leemans W P 2013 J. Appl. Phys. 114 043106
[4]	Fan T T, Grychtol P, Knut R, Carlos H G, Hickstein D D, Zusin D, Gentry C, Dollar F J, Mancuso C A, Hogle C W, Kfir O, Legut D, Carva K, Ellis J L, Dorney K M, Chen C, Shpyrko O G, Fullerton E E, Cohen O, Oppeneer P M, Miloševic D B, Becker A, Agnieszka A, Becker J, Popmintchev T, Murnane M M, Kapteyn H C 2015 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112 14206
[5]	Kfir O, Grychtol P, Turgut E, Knut R, Zusin D, Popmintchev D, Popmintchev T, Nembach H, Justin M, Shaw, Fleischer A, Kapteyn H, Murnane M, Cohen O 2015 Nat. Photon. 9 99
[6]	Cireasa R, Boguslavskiy A E, Pons B, Wong M C H, Descamps D, Petit S, Ruf H, Thiré N, Ferré A, Suarez J, Higuet J, Schmidt B E, Alharbi A F, Légaré F, Blanchet V, Fabre B, Patchkovskii S, Smirnova O, Mairesse Y, Bhardwaj V R 2015 Nat. Phys. 11 654
[7]	Allaria E, Diviacco B, Callegari C, Finetti C, Mahieu B, Viefhaus J, Zangrando M, de Ninno G, Lambert G, Ferrari E, Buck J, Ilchen M, Vodungbo B, Mahne N, Svetina C, Spezzani C, Mitri S D, Penco G, Trovó M, Fawley W M, Rebernik P R, Gauthier D, Grazioli C, Coreno M, Ressel B, Kivimäki A, Mazza T, Glaser L, Scholz F, Seltmann J, Gessler P, Grnert J, de Fanis A, Meyer M, Knie A, Moeller S P, Raimondi L, Capotondi F, Pedersoli E, Plekan O, Danailov M B, Demidovich A, Nikolov I, Abrami A, Gautier J, Lning J, Zeitoun P, Giannessi L 2014 Phys. Rev. X 4 041040
[8]	Kim I J, Kim C M, Kim H T, Lee G H, Lee Y S, Park J Y, Cho D J, Nam C H 2005 Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 243901
[9]	Bocoum M, Thévenet M, Böhle F, Beaurepaire B, Vernier A, Jullien A 2016 Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 185001
[10]	Lavocat-Dubuis X, Matte J P 2010 Phys. Plasmas 17 093105
[11]	Li K, Zhang J, Yu W 2003 Acta Phys. Sin. 52 1412 (in Chinese)[李昆, 张杰, 余玮 2003 物理学报 52 1412]
[12]	Zhang Q J, Sheng Z M, Zhang J 2004 Acta Phys. Sin. 53 2180 (in Chinese)[张秋菊, 盛正明, 张杰 2004 物理学报 53 2180]
[13]	Cerchez M, Giesecke A L, Peth C, Toncian M, Albertazzi B, Fuchs J, Willi O, Toncian T 2013 Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 065003
[14]	Quéré F, Thaury C, Monot P, Dobosz S, Martin P, Geindre J P, Audebert P 2006 Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 125004
[15]	Bulanov S V, Naumova N M, Pegoraro F 1994 Phys. Plasma 1 745
[16]	Baeva T, Gordienko S, Pukhov A 2006 Phys. Rev. E 74 046404
[17]	Sheng Z M, Mima K, Zhang J, Sanuki H 2005 Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 095003
[18]	Easter J H, Nees J A, Hou B X, Mordovanakis A, Mourou G, Thomas A G R, Krushelnick K 2013 New J. Phys. 15 025035
[19]	Rykovanov S, Geissler M, Meyer-Ter-Vehn J, Tsakiris G 2008 New J. Phys. 10 025025
[20]	Yeung M, Bierbach J, Eckner E, Rykovanov S, Kuschel S, Sävert A, Forster M, Rödel C, Paulus G G, Cousens S, Coughlan M, Dromey B, Zepf M 2015 Phys. Rev. Lett. 115 193903
[21]	Chen Z Y, Li X Y, Li B Y, Chen M, Liu F 2018 Opt. Express 26 4572
[22]	Chen Z Y, Pukhov A 2016 Nat. Commun. 7 12515
[23]	Gao J, Liu F, Ge X L, Deng Y Q, Fang Y, Wei W Q, Yang S, Yuan X H, Chen M, Sheng Z M, Zhang J 2017 Chin. Opt. Lett. 15 081902
[24]	Ge X L, Fang Y, Yang S, Wei W Q, Liu F, Yuan P, Ma J G, Zhao L, Yuan X H, Zhang J 2018 Chin. Opt. Lett. 16 013201

[1]	Zhang Chun-Yan. High-order harmonic platform extension and cluster expansion of H ion cluster. Acta Physica Sinica, 2023, 72(21): 214203. doi: 10.7498/aps.72.20230534
[2]	Han Lin, Miao Shu-Li, Li Peng-Cheng. Theoretical study of high-order harmonics and single ultrashort attosecond pulse generated by optimized combination of laser field. Acta Physica Sinica, 2022, 71(23): 233204. doi: 10.7498/aps.71.20221298
[3]	Wei Bo-Ning, Jiao Zhi-Hong, Zhou Xiao-Xin. Frequency shiftand control ofhigh-order harmonicsof H atom driven by anasymmetric laser pulse. Acta Physica Sinica, 2022, 71(7): 073201. doi: 10.7498/aps.71.20212146
[4]	Xu Xin-Rong, Zhong Cong-Lin, Zhang Yi, Liu Feng, Wang Shao-Yi, Tan Fang, Zhang Yu-Xue, Zhou Wei-Min, Qiao Bin. Research progress of high-order harmonics and attosecond radiation driven by interaction between intense lasers and plasma. Acta Physica Sinica, 2021, 70(8): 084206. doi: 10.7498/aps.70.20210339
[5]	Fan Xin, Liang Hong-Jing, Shan Li-Yu, Yan Bo, Gao Qing-Hua, Ma Ri, Ding Da-Jun. Extreme ultraviolet polarization vortex beam based on high harmonic generation. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(4): 044203. doi: 10.7498/aps.69.20190834
[6]	Li Xia-Zhi, Zou De-Bin, Zhou Hong-Yu, Zhang Shi-Jie, Zhao Na, Yu De-Yao, Zhuo Hong-Bin. Effect of plasma grating roughness on high-order harmonic generation. Acta Physica Sinica, 2017, 66(24): 244209. doi: 10.7498/aps.66.244209
[7]	Guan Zhong, Li Wei, Wang Guo-Li, Zhou Xiao-Xin. Study of high-order harmonic generation in crystals exposed to laser fields. Acta Physica Sinica, 2016, 65(6): 063201. doi: 10.7498/aps.65.063201
[8]	Luo Xiang-Yi, Liu Hai-Feng, Ben Shuai, Liu Xue-Shen. Enhancement of high-order harmonic generation from H2+ in near plasmon-enhanced laser field. Acta Physica Sinica, 2016, 65(12): 123201. doi: 10.7498/aps.65.123201
[9]	Yin Chuan-Lei, Wang Wei-Min, Liao Guo-Qian, Li Meng-Chao, Li Yu-Tong, Zhang Jie. Ultrahigh-energy electron beam generated by ultra-intense circularly polarized laser pulses. Acta Physica Sinica, 2015, 64(14): 144102. doi: 10.7498/aps.64.144102
[10]	Wang Li-Feng, He Xin-Kui, Teng Hao, Yun Chen-Xia, Zhang Wei, Wei Zhi-Yi. Tunable optimization of high-order harmonic generation driven by 5 fs laser pulses. Acta Physica Sinica, 2014, 63(22): 224103. doi: 10.7498/aps.63.224103
[11]	Lu Fa-Ming, Xia Yuan-Qin, Zhang Sheng, Chen De-Ying. Investigation of tunable coherent XUV light source by high harmonics generation using intense femtosecond laser pulses in Ne. Acta Physica Sinica, 2013, 62(2): 024212. doi: 10.7498/aps.62.024212
[12]	Cao Wei-Jun, Cheng Chun-Zhi, Zhou Xiao-Xin. The relationship between conversion efficiency of high-order harmonic generation from atom and wavelength in two-color combined fields. Acta Physica Sinica, 2011, 60(5): 054210. doi: 10.7498/aps.60.054210
[13]	Zhang Chun-Li, Feng Zhi-Bo, Qi Yue-Ying, Che Ji-Xin. High order harmonic generation from a two-dimensional model H atom in arbitrary polarized laser. Acta Physica Sinica, 2011, 60(8): 083201. doi: 10.7498/aps.60.083201
[14]	Yan Chun-Yan, Zhang Qiu-Ju. Strong monochromatic harmonics generated by the interaction of two counter-propagating pulses with a foil target. Acta Physica Sinica, 2010, 59(1): 322-328. doi: 10.7498/aps.59.322
[15]	Cui Lei, Wang Xiao-Juan, Wang Fan, Zeng Xiang-Hua. Effect of laser polarization direction on high order harmonic generation of oxygen molecule——A simulation via TDDFT. Acta Physica Sinica, 2010, 59(1): 317-321. doi: 10.7498/aps.59.317
[16]	Li Hui-Shan, Li Peng-Cheng, Zhou Xiao-Xin. Role of potential function in high order harmonic generation of model hydrogen atoms in intense laser field. Acta Physica Sinica, 2009, 58(11): 7633-7639. doi: 10.7498/aps.58.7633
[17]	Gu Bin, Cui Lei, Zeng Xiang-Hua, Zhang Feng-Shou. High-order harmonic generation of hydrogen molecule irradiated by ultra-strong femto-second laser pulse——a simulation via TDDFT. Acta Physica Sinica, 2006, 55(6): 2972-2976. doi: 10.7498/aps.55.2972
[18]	Cui Lei, Gu Bin, Teng Yu-Yong, Hu Yong-Jin, Zhao Jiang, Zeng Xiang-Hua. Effect of different laser polarization direction on high order harmonic generation of nitrogen molecule——A simulation via TDDFT. Acta Physica Sinica, 2006, 55(9): 4691-4694. doi: 10.7498/aps.55.4691
[19]	Zhang Qiu-Ju, Sheng Zheng-Ming, Zhang Jie. Redshift of harmonics by laser interaction with solid target. Acta Physica Sinica, 2004, 53(7): 2180-2183. doi: 10.7498/aps.53.2180
[20]	XIA JIANG-FAN, ZHANG JUN, ZHANG JIE. MODELING THE ASTROPHYSICAL DYNAMICAL PROCESS WITH LASER-PLASMAS. Acta Physica Sinica, 2001, 50(5): 994-1000. doi: 10.7498/aps.50.994

Catalog

Vol. 67, Issue 21 - 2018-11-05

Metrics

Abstract views: 7847
PDF Downloads: 205
Cited By: 0

姓名
邮箱
手机号码
标题
留言内容
验证码

Search

Article

留言板