We generate high-order harmonics in a gaseous medium with tunable photon energy using time-domain interferometry of double pulses in a noncollinear generation geometry. The method is based on the fact that the generated harmonics inherit certain spectral properties of the driving laser. The two temporally delayed laser pulses, identical in all parameters, are produced by a custom-made split-and-delay unit utilizing wave-front splitting without a significant energy loss. The arrangement is easy to implement in any attosecond pulse generation beamline, and is suitable for the production of an extreme ultraviolet source with simply and quickly variable central photon energy, useful for a broad range of applications.

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• Interference & diffraction of light
• Laser applications
• Nonlinear optics
• Optical sources & detectors
• High-harmonic generation
• Transient absorption spectroscopy
• Ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy