We demonstrate broadband focusing of multiple high-order harmonics of intense femtosecond laser pulses using an ellipsoidal mirror. The ellipsoidal mirror, with a high numerical aperture and a highly accurate surface, was fabricated using a replication process. The multiple high-order harmonics in the wavelength range between 10 and 20 nm were focused to the nearly diffraction-limited size of 350 × 380 nm2. According to Rayleigh's quarter wavelength criteria, the wavefront aberration of the focused beam was estimated to be less than 5 nm, which corresponds to a temporal dispersion of 16 as. The developed focusing system is suited for producing an intense attosecond laser field with negligible wavefront aberration, with which nonlinear light-matter interactions in the attosecond time domain can be explored.
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17 June 2019
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June 17 2019
Broadband nano-focusing of high-order harmonics in soft X-ray region with ellipsoidal mirror
H. Motoyama
;
H. Motoyama
a)
1
Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
2
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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A. Iwasaki
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A. Iwasaki
2
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Y. Takei;
Y. Takei
1
Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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T. Kume;
T. Kume
1
Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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S. Egawa;
S. Egawa
1
Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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T. Sato;
T. Sato
2
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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K. Yamanouchi
;
K. Yamanouchi
2
Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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H. Mimura
H. Mimura
1
Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 241102 (2019)
Article history
Received:
February 04 2019
Accepted:
May 14 2019
Citation
H. Motoyama, A. Iwasaki, Y. Takei, T. Kume, S. Egawa, T. Sato, K. Yamanouchi, H. Mimura; Broadband nano-focusing of high-order harmonics in soft X-ray region with ellipsoidal mirror. Appl. Phys. Lett. 17 June 2019; 114 (24): 241102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5091587
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