極端な紫外線波長で空間的に一貫した光の生成
Randy A Bartels1, Ariel Paul, Hans Green
1Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO 80309-0440, USA.
まとめ
私たちは,高調和の向上変換を使用して,高度に空間的に一貫した極紫外線 (EUV) を達成しました. このレーザーのようなEUV源は,ナノメートルの解像度のホログラフィーや顕微鏡などの高度なアプリケーションを可能にします.
科学分野:
- 原子,分子,光学物理学
- 量子光学とは,量子光学である.
- レーザー物理学 レーザー物理学
背景:
- 空間的に一貫した極紫外線 (EUV) の光を生成することは,先進的な画像と計測学にとって極めて重要です.
- 既存のEUV源は,しばしば必要な一貫性がないか,複雑で大規模なセットアップを必要とする.
- ハイハーモニック生成 (HHG) は,コンパクトで高明るさのEUV源への道を提供します.
研究 の 目的:
- ハーモニックアップ変換で生成されたEUV光の空間的相関性を測定し,特徴づけること.
- テーブルの上の実験セットアップを使用してEUVホログラフィーの実現可能性を実証する.
- この一貫したEUVソースの潜在的なアプリケーションを強調する.
主な方法:
- フェムト秒レーザーを高ハーモニック生成を用いて高相マッチングホローファイバーで上向き変換することでEUV光を生成.
- 生成されたEUVビームの空間的な相関性特性を測定した.
- 一貫性を示すために,顕微鏡のオブジェクトのガボールのホログラムを記録した.
主要な成果:
- 生成されたEUVビームは,本質的に完全な空間的一貫性を示した.
- 小さなオブジェクトのEUVホログラフィーが成功していることが実証されました.
- EUVの源は,レーザーのようなビームの特徴である低い偏差を示した.
結論:
- 卓上実験装置は,高度に空間的に一貫したEUV光を生成することができます.
- この一貫したEUV源は,高精度計測,EUVリトグラフィーコンポーネント検査,ナノメートルの解像度の顕微鏡およびホログラフィーに適しています.
- フェムト秒のパルス持続は,超高解像度の画像技術を実現します.
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