| 1. |
- Kormin, Dmitrii, et al.
(författare)
-
Spectral interferometry with waveform-dependent relativistic high-order harmonics from plasma surfaces
- 2018
-
Ingår i: Nature Communications. - : Nature Publishing Group. - 2041-1723. ; 9
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The interaction of ultra-intense laser pulses with matter opened the way to generate the shortest light pulses available nowadays in the attosecond regime. Ionized solid surfaces, also called plasma mirrors, are promising tools to enhance the potential of attosecond sources in terms of photon energy, photon number and duration especially at relativistic laser intensities. Although the production of isolated attosecond pulses and the understanding of the underlying interactions represent a fundamental step towards the realization of such sources, these are challenging and have not yet been demonstrated. Here, we present laser-waveform-dependent high-order harmonic radiation in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range supporting well-isolated attosecond pulses, and utilize spectral interferometry to understand its relativistic generation mechanism. This unique interpretation of the measured spectra provides access to unrevealed temporal and spatial properties such as spectral phase difference between attosecond pulses and field-driven plasma surface motion during the process.
|
|
| 2. |
- Ma, Guangjin, et al.
(författare)
-
Waveform-dependent relativistic high-order harmonics and field-driven plasma surface dynamics
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Ultrafast Optics 2019. - : SPIE. - 9781510635128 ; , s. 106-110
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Attosecond XUV-pump XUV-probe experiments demand high brightness attosecond light source benefitting from state-of-the-art ultrashort ultraintense laser technology. Current most promising route towards high energy attosecond light source is through relativistic high-order harmonic generation from plasma surfaces. In this paper, we investigate waveform-dependent relativistic high-order harmonic generation from plasma surfaces, and use spectral interferometry to understand its generation process. The unique interpretation has allowed access to unrevealed temporal structure of the generated few-pulse attotrain with evidence supporting a well-isolated attosecond pulse. It also provides a way to measure field-driven plasma surface motion in its generation process.
|
|
| 3. |
- Rivas, Daniel, et al.
(författare)
-
Propagation-enhanced generation of intense high-harmonic continua in the 100-eV spectral region
- 2018
-
Ingår i: Optica. - 2334-2536. ; 5:10, s. 1283-1289
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The study of core electron dynamics through nonlinear spectroscopy requires intense isolated attosecond extremeultraviolet or even X-ray pulses. A robust way to produce these pulses is high-harmonic generation (HHG) in agas medium. However, the energy upscaling of the process depends on a very demanding next-generation laser technologythat provides multi-terawatt (TW) laser pulses with few-optical-cycle duration and controlled electric field.Here, we revisit the HHG process driven by 16-TW sub-two-cycle laser pulses to reach high intensity in the 100-eVspectral region and beyond. We show that the combination of above barrier-suppression intensity with a long generationmedium significantly enhances the isolation of attosecond pulses compared to lower intensities and/or shortermedia and this way reduces the pulse duration as well as field-stability requirements on the laser driver. This novelregime facilitates the real-time observation of electron dynamics at the attosecond timescale in atoms, molecules, andsolids.
|
|
