Observation of a Train of Attosecond Pulses from High Harmonic Generation
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In principle, the temporal beating of superposed high harmonics obtained by focusing a femtosecond laser pulse in a gas jet can produce a train of very short intensity spikes, depending on the relative phases of the harmonics. We present a method to measure such phases through two-photon, two-color photoionization. We found that the harmonics are locked in phase and form a train of 250-attosecond pulses in the time domain. Harmonic generation may be a promising source for attosecond time-resolved measurements.
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The first demonstration of attosecond pulses in 2001 motivated experimental efforts by numerous research groups worldwide.
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- Authors
- Paul, P. M., Toma, E. S., Breger, P., Mullot, G., Augé, F., Balcou, P., Muller, H. G., & Agostini, P.
- Affiliations
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique DRECAM/SPAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (NL)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée,École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA)–Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS UMR 7639, 91761 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
- Corresponding author
- Muller, H. G.
- ORCID
- Balcou, Ph.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2001-06
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- 292
- Issue
- 5522
- Pages
- 1689-1692
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- Keywords
- high harmonic generation, attosecond pulses, two-color photoionization, two-photon ionization, femtosecond pulses, gas jet
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