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Enhancement Cavities for the Generation of Extreme Ultraviolet and Hard X-Ray Radiation

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Authors:
  1. Henning Carstens

    1. Division of Attosecond Physics, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching bei München, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany
  • Achieves an order of magnitude improvement in the average power of ultrashort pulses
  • Offers direct benefit efficient operation of hard X-ray sources
  • Leads to compact alternatives to large-scale synchrotron facilities

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Henning Carstens
    Pages 1-6

  3. Theoretical Background

    • Henning Carstens
    Pages 7-25

  4. Design of High-Power Enhancement Cavities

    • Henning Carstens
    Pages 27-46

  5. Megawatt-Level Average Power Enhancement Cavities for Ultrashort Pulses

    • Henning Carstens
    Pages 47-64

  6. High-Harmonic Generation at 250 MHz Repetition Rate

    • Henning Carstens
    Pages 65-83

  7. Summary and Outlook

    • Henning Carstens
    Pages 85-89

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 91-92
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This thesis discusses the power scaling of ultrashort pulses in enhancement cavities, utilized in particular for frequency conversion processes, such as Thomson scattering and high-harmonic generation. Using custom optics for ultrashort-pulse enhancement cavities, it demonstrates for the first time that at the envisaged power levels, the mitigation of thermal effects becomes indispensable even in cavities comprising solely reflective optics. It also studies cavities with large beams, albeit with low misalignment sensitivity, as a way to circumvent intensity-induced mirror damage. Average powers of several hundred kilowatts are demonstrated, which benefit hard x-ray sources based on Thomson scattering. Furthermore, pulses as short as 30 fs were obtained at more than 10 kW of average power and employed for high-harmonic generation with photon energies exceeding 100 eV at 250 MHz repetition rate, paving the way for frequency comb spectroscopy in this spectral region.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Attosecond Physics, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching bei München, Germany

    Henning Carstens

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Enhancement Cavities for the Generation of Extreme Ultraviolet and Hard X-Ray Radiation

  • Authors: Henning Carstens

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94009-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94008-3Published: 06 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06770-0Published: 22 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94009-0Published: 22 June 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 92

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Classical Electrodynamics, Quantum Optics

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