Extreme Ultraviolet Beam Enhancement by Relativistic Surface Plasmons.

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS(2018)

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Abstract
The emission of high-order harmonics in the extreme ultraviolet range from the interaction of a short, intense laser pulse with a grating target is investigated experimentally. When resonantly exciting a surface plasmon, both the intensity and the highest order observed for the harmonic emission along the grating surface increase with respect to a flat target. Harmonics are obtained when a suitable density gradient is preformed at the target surface, demonstrating the possibility to manipulate the grating profile on a nanometric scale without preventing the surface plasmon excitation. In support of this, the harmonic emission is spatiotemporally correlated to the acceleration of multi-MeV electron bunches along the grating surface. Particle-in-cell simulations reproduce the experimental results and give insight on the mechanism of high harmonic generation in the presence of surface plasmons.
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High-Harmonic Generation,Ultrafast Laser Pulses,High-Energy Density Plasmas,High-Power Lasers,Laser-Plasma Accelerators
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