Exploring the Effects of Pulse Duration on High-Order Harmonic Generation with Tunable Multi-Pass Cell Post-Compression

Coherent extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation can be generated in a tabletop configuration via high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in gases. While HHG is inherently inefficient, increasing the conversion efficiency (CE) is crucial for many applications, such as coincidence spectroscopy [1] and coherent imaging [2], which require high XUV throughput. Previous calculations suggest that one way to improve the CE is to use shorter laser pulses [3]. To investigate this experimentally, it is essential to vary the Fourier-transform-limited (FTL) pulse duration independently of other generation parameters, such as focusing geometry.