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Optimization of high-order harmonic generation by adaptive control of a sub-10-fs pulse wave front
Paolo Villoresi1, Stefano Bonora, Michele Pascolini
1Laboratory for Ultraviolet and X-Ray Optical Research, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università degli Studi, Padova 35131, Italy. paolo.villoresi@unipd.it
Optics Letters
|January 28, 2004
Abstract:
We present a method for the optimization of high-order harmonic generation based on wave-front correction of the driving laser beam. The technique exploits wave-front adaptive control by means of a deformable mirror, governed by an optimization procedure.
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