Characterization of low-order harmonics generated with the interferometric polarization gating technique

Χαρακτηρισμός αρμονικών χαμηλής τάξης παραγόμενες με την τεχνική πύλης-πόλωσης.

Ρομπότης, Δημήτριος

Χαραλαμπίδης, Δημήτριος

Τζάλλας, Παρασκευάς

Light pulses have provided the means for observing fast-evolving processes since the invention of photography. The evolution of ultrafast processes in the molecular and even atomic level can be tracked by means of ultrashort laser pulses with the widely used pump-probe technique. A pump laser pulse initiates the dynamics to be observed followed by a delayed probe pulse that probes the evolution of the process as a function of the delay introduced between the pump and the probe pulse. The time resolution that can be achieved with this technique is determined by the laser pulse duration. During the last decades, continuous efforts in laser-pulse engineering reached femtosecond and lately attosecond pulse durations allowing with the tracking of ultrafast molecular and atomic dynamics. High-power ultrafast laser systems are today based on Ti:Sapphire crystals emitting pulses with a central wavelength of 800 nanometers and pulse durations in the femtosecond regime. Low odd-order harmonics of these systems are routinely generated through the interaction with a gas phase medium and can be utilized for time-resolved studies of photochemical reactions as many organic molecules absorb in this wavelength range. The low-order harmonic pulse duration is proportional to the generating fundamental pulse duration and determines the temporal resolution that can be achieved in this kind of experiments. The scope of the present thesis is the utilization of the previously developed Interferometric Polarization Gating technique for generation of ultrashort low-order harmonic pulses. Taking advantage of the harmonic generation dependence on the generating pulse polarization properties, a temporal gate can be formed in which low-order harmonic emission takes place. In this case the temporal gate width defines the low-order harmonic pulse duration instead of the longer generating infrared pulse duration and as a result shorter harmonic pulses can be generated. The present thesis deals with the generation and characterization of a third-harmonic pulse using the Interferometric Polarization Gating technique. In the first part the parameters for the application of the Interferometric Polarization Gating technique for low-order harmonic pulse generation are investigated. The second part of this thesis deals with the experimental implementation of this approach for the generation of an intense ultrashort third-harmonic pulse of a Ti:Sapphire laser system. (EN)

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Τύπος Εργασίας--Μεταπτυχιακές εργασίες ειδίκευσης

Τρίτη αρμονική

Ultrashort laser pulses

Στενοί παλμοί λέιζερ

Third-Harmonic

Τεχνική πύλης-πόλωσης

Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης

E-Locus Ιδρυματικό Καταθετήριο

Elocus

Αγγλική γλώσσα

2011-07-15

http://elocus.lib.uoc.gr:443/dlib/0/c/9/metadata-dlib-dd368c8c79981a406fb39e91d7bdd841_1305623985.tkl

000366081

Σχολή/Τμήμα--Σχολή Θετικών και Τεχνολογικών Επιστημών--Τμήμα Φυσικής--Μεταπτυχιακές εργασίες ειδίκευσης