Author:
Wang M. M.,Fasano N. M.,Perez-Ramirez V. M.,Giakas A. M.,Ou K.,Cao S.,Michel P.,Mikhailova J. M.,Edwards M. R.
Abstract
A plasma grating is generated by temporally crossing and interfering two femtosecond beams to create modulated ionization. We achieve maximum Bragg diffraction efficiency of 35% by tuning grating transverse size, length, and incident beam configurations.