Parametric attosecond pulse amplification far from the ionization threshold from high order harmonic generation in He+

Parametric amplification of attosecond coherent pulses around 100 eV at the single– atom level is demonstrated for the first time by using the 3D time–dependent Schrödinger equation in high–harmonic generation processes from excited states of He+. We present the attosecond dynamics of the amplificat...

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Autores: Serrat Jurado, Carles|||0000-0002-9528-1938, Seres, Jozsef, Seres, Enikoe, Dinh, T. H., Hasegawa, N., Nishikino, M., Namba, S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/330267
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/330267
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.398595
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:X-Rays
Lasers
Photons--Measurement
Electric fields
Raigs X
Làsers
Fotons -- Mesurament
Camps elèctrics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:Parametric amplification of attosecond coherent pulses around 100 eV at the single– atom level is demonstrated for the first time by using the 3D time–dependent Schrödinger equation in high–harmonic generation processes from excited states of He+. We present the attosecond dynamics of the amplification process far from the ionization threshold and resolve the physics behind it. The amplification of a particular central photon energy requires the seed XUV pulses to be perfectly synchronized in time with the driving laser field for stimulated recombination to the He+ ground state and is only produced in a few specific laser cycles in agreement with the experimental measurements. Our simulations show that the amplified photon energy region can be controlled by varying the peak intensity of the laser field. Our results pave the way to the realization of compact attosecond pulse intense XUV lasers with broad applications.