Adaptive spatial control of fiber modes and their excitation for high-harmonic generation.
Opt Express
; 14(8): 3433-42, 2006 Apr 17.
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| ID: mdl-19516488
ABSTRACT
We present the control of high-harmonic generation (HHG) in hollow fibers using adaptive pulse shaping techniques. The shaping capabilities of our spatial light modulator (SLM) are demonstrated by the excitation of specific fiber modes inside a hollow fiber with a helium-neon laser. Afterwards spatially shaped ultrashort pulses are used to generate phase-matched high-harmonic radiation in a fiber. We show that by controlling the mode structure, we can manipulate the spatial and spectral properties of the generated harmonics.