Broadband water window supercontinuum generation with a ω + 3ω/2 multicycle two-colour pulse

Abstract

We propose a method to generate a high-efficiency broadband water window supercontinuum with a ω + 3ω/2 multicycle two-colour pulse. Our results reveal that the 3ω/2 laser pulse can simultaneously modulate the acceleration step and the ionization step, which not only broadens the bandwidth but also enhances the yield of the generated supercontinuum. An ultra-broadband supercontinuum from 290 eV to 555 eV covering the whole water window is generated. Using this method, we expect that an isolated 62-as pulse with a minor pre-pulse can be directly obtained.