Open AccessHigh-harmonic generation in solids driven by counter-propagating pulses
Author(s) -
Aleksey Korobenko,
T. J. Hammond,
C Zhang,
A. Naumov,
D. M. Villeneuve,
P. B. Corkum
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.27.032630
Subject(s) - optics , harmonics , high harmonic generation , laser , beam (structure) , materials science , harmonic , crystal (programming language) , laser beams , second harmonic generation , nonlinear optics , light beam , physics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , voltage , computer science , programming language
We used two 800 nm laser pulses propagating in the opposite directions, to drive the emission of high-order vacuum ultra-violet harmonics off of the surface of an MgO (100) single crystal. We demonstrated the advantages that our approach provides compared to a single beam geometry, in both forward and backward emission.