Femtosecond high Average-power Micro-joule Extreme-Ultraviolet Source (FAMEUS)

飞秒高平均功率微焦极紫外光源（FAMEUS）

• 批准号: 565914-2021
• 负责人: Ozaki, TsuneyukiT
• 金额: $ 7.58万
• 依托单位: Institut national de la recherche scientifique
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=752644
• 关键词: Femtosecond; Average; power; Micro; joule

Intense, femtosecond extreme ultraviolet (XUV) sources, currently found only at billion-dollar free-electron laser facilities, are opening new opportunities in physics, chemistry, quantum technology, biology and medicine. In this project, we propose to apply the findings by T. Ozaki's group (INRS-EMT) in high-order harmonic generation from laser ablation media, to reduce the size and cost of such intense XUV sources to a more modest laboratory scale (fitting in a standard university laboratory, with < $1 million total cost), thereby significantly increasing the accessibility of such sources. In particular, we will study the use of intense and highly efficient resonant harmonics (RH), with efficiencies that are an order of magnitude higher than conventional gas harmonics. The results of such studies will be used to develop a unique and compact Femtosecond high Average-power (mW-class) Micro-joule (> 1 µJ/pulse) Extreme-Ultraviolet Source (FAMEUS), or « la source Femtoseconde d'Ultraviolet extrême à haute puissance Moyenne et à haute Énergie (FUMÉ) » in French. We will work with few-cycle Inc. to develop an energetic, wavelength-tunable femtosecond laser in the visible and near-infrared regime, with which we will study RH from various targets. This study will provide data that will allow us to design FAMEUS with an even higher average power of > 10 mW (FAMEUS+). Through this project, few-cycle Inc. will also gain the expertise and be given the first option of license to commercialize FAMEUS, which should attract significant interest from the scientific and technological community. Further, we will work with Axis Photonique Inc. to develop an endstation for FAMEUS and use it to characterize their new XUV camera. Using the FAMEUS endstation, Axis Photonique will be able to provide to potential customers concrete data on their camera on experiments relative to FELs, giving them and their XUV camera a significant competitive advantage compared with their competitors, thus allowing the company to grow.

目前仅在价值数十亿美元的自由电子激光设施中发现的强飞秒极紫外（XUV）源正在为物理、化学、量子技术、生物学和医学领域开辟新的机遇，我们建议通过以下方式应用这些发现。 T. Ozaki 的团队 (INRS-EMT) 致力于从激光烧蚀介质产生高阶谐波，以将这种强 XUV 源的尺寸和成本减小到更适中的实验室规模（适合标准大学实验室，具有 <总成本为 100 万美元），从而显着提高此类来源的可及性，特别是，我们将研究强烈且高效的谐振谐波 (RH) 的使用，其效率比此类传统气体谐波高一个数量级。研究将用于开发独特且紧凑的飞秒高平均功率（mW级）微焦耳（> 1 µJ/脉冲）极紫外源（FAMEUS），或«我们将与 Few-cycle Inc. 合作开发一种可见光和近红外范围内的高能、波长可调的飞秒激光器，我们将用它来研究不同目标的 RH。这项研究将提供数据，使我们能够设计 FAMEUS。具有更高的平均功率 > 10 mW (FAMEUS+)。通过这个项目，few-cycle Inc.还将获得专业知识，并获得将FAMEUS商业化的第一选择，这应该会引起科学技术界的极大兴趣。此外，我们将与他们合作。 Axis Photonique Inc. 将为 FAMEUS 开发终端站，并用它来表征其新型 XUV 相机。使用 FAMEUS 终端站，Axis Photonique 将能够向潜在客户提供有关其相机的具体实验数据。 FEL 使他们及其 XUV 相机与竞争对手相比具有显着的竞争优势，从而使公司得以发展。