Self-probed ptychography from semiconductor high-harmonic generation

authored by

Sven Fröhlich, Xu Liu, Aimrane Hamdou, Alric Meunier, Mukhtar Hussain, Mathieu Carole, Shatha Kaassamani, Marie Froidevaux, Laure Lavoute, Dmitry Gaponov, Nicolas Ducros, Sébastien Février, Philippe Zeitoun, Milutin Kovacev, Marta Fajardo, Willem Boutu, David Gauthier, Hamed Merdji

Abstract

We demonstrate a method to image an object using a self-probing approach based on semiconductor high-harmonic generation. On the one hand, ptychography enables high-resolution imaging from the coherent light diffracted by an object. On the other hand, high-harmonic generation from crystals is emerging as a new source of extreme-ultraviolet ultrafast coherent light. We combine these two techniques by performing ptychography measurements with nanopatterned crystals serving as the object as well as the generation medium of the harmonics. We demonstrate that this strong field in situ approach can provide structural information about an object. With the future developments of crystal high harmonics as a compact short-wavelength light source, our demonstration can be an innovative approach for nanoscale imaging of photonic and electronic devices in research and industry.

Organisation(s)

QUEST-Leibniz Research School
Institute of Quantum Optics
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines

External Organisation(s)

Université Paris-Saclay
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
NOVAE
Universite de Limoges
Universidade de Lisboa

Type

Article

Journal

Optics letters

Volume

47

Pages

4865-4868

No. of pages

4

ISSN

0146-9592

Publication date

01.10.2022

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.08333 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.471113 (Access: Closed)