Bright Coherent Ultrafast X-rays from mid-IR Lasers

• DOI: 10.1364/hilas.2011.hthb5
• Publication Date: 2013-05-28T13:20:20Z
• Authors: Tenio Popmintchev; Ming-Chang Chen; Paul Arpin; Michael Gerrity; Matthew Seaberg; Bosheng Zhang; Dimitar Popmintchev; Giedrius Andriuka...; Tadas Balciunas; Oliver D. Mücke; Audrius Pugzlys; Andrius Baltuska; Margaret Murnane; Henry Kapteyn
• Keywords: Attosecond; Photon Upconversion; Ultrafast optics

We combine the attosecond physics of high harmonic generation with phase-matching in extreme nonlinear optics to demonstrate bright coherent upconversion into X-ray spectral region using longer wavelength mid-IR lasers.