Isolated broadband attosecond pulse generation with near- and mid-infrared driver pulses via time-gated phase matching

We present a theoretical analysis of the time-gated phase matching (ionization gating) mechanism in high-order harmonic generation for the isolation of attosecond pulses at near-infrared and mid-infrared driver wavelengths, for both few-cycle and multi-cycle driving laser pulses. Results of our high...

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Autores: Hernández García, Carlos, Popmintchev, T., Murnane, Margaret M., Kapteyn, Henry C., Plaja Rustein, Luis, Becker, Andreas, Jaron-Becker, Agnieszka
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/146026
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/146026
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Attosecond pulses
Circular polarization
Laser systems
Phase matching
Pulse generation
Ti:sapphire lasers
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Sumario:We present a theoretical analysis of the time-gated phase matching (ionization gating) mechanism in high-order harmonic generation for the isolation of attosecond pulses at near-infrared and mid-infrared driver wavelengths, for both few-cycle and multi-cycle driving laser pulses. Results of our high harmonic generation and three-dimensional propagation simulations show that broadband isolated pulses spanning from the extreme-ultraviolet well into the soft X-ray region of the spectrum can be generated for both few-cycle and multi-cycle laser pulses. We demonstrate the key role of absorption and group velocity matching for generating bright, isolated, attosecond pulses using long wavelength multi-cycle pulses. Finally, we show that this technique is robust against carrier-envelope phase and peak intensity variations.