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    Seeded Soft X-Ray Lasers: Towards OAM Beam Amplification and Quasi-Pi-pulse Regime

    We  in this paper  studies on  plasma-based  X-ray lasers using the LASERIX . After an overview of  source setup and , we will discuss two prospects  might increase the interest of  coherent soft X-ra...

    O. Guilbaud, F. Sanson, A. K. Pandey, E. Papagiannouli, J. Demailly in X-Ray Lasers 2018 (2020)

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    High-Charge XUV Vortex Beam: Generation and Hartmann Wavefront Sensor Characterization

    In this , we  the  of high charge  structure of an OAM beam  through high-harmonic  in a rare gas using an XUV Hartmann  sensor. We show that the phase-  absorption high-  generation is  to retain th...

    F. Sanson, A. K. Pandey, F. Harms, G. Dovillaire, E. Baynard in X-Ray Lasers 2018 (2020)

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    Collective properties of a relativistic electron beam injected into a high intensity optical lattice

    Behaviour of a relativistic electron bunch, injected and trapped in a high intensity optical lattice resulting from the interference of two laser beams is studied. The optical lattice modifies the phase space...

    I. A. Andriyash, Ph. Balcou, V. T. Tikhonchuk in The European Physical Journal D (2011)

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    Reply to comment on “Proposal for Raman X-ray free electron laser”

    Ph. Balcou in The European Physical Journal D (2011)

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    Proposal for a Raman X-ray free electron laser

    A scheme for an X-ray free electron laser is proposed, based on a Raman process occurring during the interaction between a moderately relativistic bunch of free electrons, and twin intense short pulse lasers ...

    Ph. Balcou in The European Physical Journal D (2010)

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    Probing coherent optical phonons by Extreme Ultraviolet radiation based on high-order harmonic generation

    We report an experimental approach we used in order to time-resolve coherent optical phonon oscillations in a bismuth (111) oriented bulk crystal by extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and soft x-ray femtosecond pulses ...

    E. Papalazarou, D. Boschetto, J. Gautier, C. Valentin, M. Marsi in Ultrafast Phenomena XVI (2009)

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    A high-intensity highly coherent soft X-ray femtosecond laser seeded by a high harmonic beam

    Synchrotrons have for decades provided invaluable sources of soft X-rays, the application of which has led to significant progress in many areas of science and technology. But future applications of soft X-ray...

    Ph. Zeitoun, G. Faivre, S. Sebban, T. Mocek, A. Hallou, M. Fajardo, D. Aubert in Nature (2004)

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    Recent developments in X-UV optics and X-UV diagnostics

    Metrology of XUV beams (X-ray lasers, high-harmonic generation and VUV free-electron lasers) is of crucial importance for the development of applications. We have thus developed several new optical systems en...

    Ph. Zeitoun, Ph. Balcou, S. Bucourt, F. Delmotte, G. Dovillaire in Applied Physics B (2004)

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    Optimization of the focused flux of high harmonics

    Following the theoretical predictions [1], the observation of two-photon processes by interaction of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation with inner-shell levels of atoms requires focused intensities in the 1013-10

    S. Kazamias, D. Douillet, C. Valentin in The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, … (2003)

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    High order harmonic generation optimization with an apertured laser beam

    We report a systematic study of high order harmonic generation with an infrared laser apertured by an iris, as a function of the aperture size. Measurements were made of harmonic generation efficiency for diff...

    S. Kazamias, F. Weihe, D. Douillet in The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, … (2002)

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    Kilohertz extreme-ultraviolet light source based on femtosecond high-order harmonic generation from noble gases

    A compact, versatile table-top kilohertz source of coherent extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) radiation in the wavelength region 18–100 nm, based on high-order harmonic generation from noble gases induced by a 40-femt...

    N.A. Papadogiannis, C. Kalpouzos, E. Goulielmakis, G. Nersisyan in Applied Physics B (2001)

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    Non-thermal melting in semiconductors measured at femtosecond resolution

    Ultrafast time-resolved optical spectroscopy has revealed new classes of physical1, chemical2 and biological3 reactions, in which directed, deterministic motions of atoms have a key role. This contrasts with the ...

    A. Rousse, C. Rischel, S. Fourmaux, I. Uschmann, S. Sebban, G. Grillon in Nature (2001)

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    High-order harmonic generation in rare gases: a new source in photoionization spectroscopy

    We demonstrate that we can use the extreme ultraviolet radiation produced by high order harmonic generation to perform photoionization experiments. With harmonics from the 11th to the 69th of a 140 fs Cr:LiSAF...

    Ph. Balcou, P. Salières, K. S. Budil in Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules … (1995)

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    Recent Results in High-Order Harmonic Generation

    High order harmonic generation by atoms in intense laser fields has drawn considerable attention in the last few years. Experiments1–5 have demonstrated the possibility to reach wavelengths shorter than 8 nm with...

    Ph. Balcou, P. Salières, Anne L’Huillier in Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics (1993)