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Bright quasi-phasematched soft x-ray harmonic radiation from Argon ions

Plasma Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

Selective enhancement (>10^3) of harmonics extending to the water window (~4nm) generated in an argon gas filled straight bore capillary waveguide is demonstrated. This enhancement is in good agreement with modeling which indicates that multimode quasi-phasematching (MMQPM) is achieved by rapid axial intensity modulations caused by beating between the fundamental and higher order capillary modes. Substantial pulse-energies (>10nJ per pulse per harmonic order) at wavelengths beyond the carbon K-edge (~4.37nm, ~284eV) up to ~360eV are observed from argon ions for the first time.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0702117,
  title  = {Bright quasi-phasematched soft x-ray harmonic radiation from Argon ions},
  author = {M. Zepf and B. Dromey and M. Landreman and P. Foster and S. M. Hooker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0702117},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages including 4 figures