Influence of ablated and tunneled electrons on quasi-phase-matched high-order-harmonic generation in laser-produced plasma

Abstract

Studies of the quasi-phase-matched harmonics generated in spatially modulated silver plasma are presented. We analyze the influence of the driving and heating pulse energies on the enhancement and spectral tuning of the quasi-phase-matched harmonics and show the tuning of those enhanced groups of harmonics by tilting the multislit mask placed in front of the ablated targets. Calculations performed in the laser-produced plasmas demonstrate the joint influence of the electrons that appeared during target ablation and tunnel ionization on the tuning of the quasi-phase-matching conditions in the plasmas.