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Title: Effect of the carrier-envelope phase of the driving laser field on the high-order harmonic attosecond pulse

Abstract

The effect of the carrier-envelope phase of a few-cycle driving laser field on the generation and measurement of high-order harmonic attosecond pulses is investigated theoretically. We find that the position of the generated attosecond soft-x-ray pulse in the cutoff region is locked to the oscillation of the driving laser field, but not to the envelope of the laser pulse. This property ensures the success of the width measurement of an attosecond soft-x-ray pulse based on the cross correlation between the attosecond pulse and its driving laser pulse [M. Hentschel et al., Nature (London) 414, 509 (2001)]. However, there still exists a timing jitter of the order of tens of attoseconds between the attosecond pulse and its driving laser field. We also propose a method to detect the carrier-envelope phase of the driving laser field by measuring the spatial distribution of the photoelectrons induced by the attosecond soft-x-ray pulse and its driving laser pulse.

Authors:
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  1. Laboratory for High Intensity Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-211, Shanghai 201800 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20634175
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 67; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.013815; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; CORRELATIONS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER RADIATION; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; PULSES; SOFT X RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

Citation Formats

Zhinan, Zeng, Ruxin, Li, Wei, Yu, and Zhizhan, Xu. Effect of the carrier-envelope phase of the driving laser field on the high-order harmonic attosecond pulse. United States: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.67.013815.
Zhinan, Zeng, Ruxin, Li, Wei, Yu, & Zhizhan, Xu. Effect of the carrier-envelope phase of the driving laser field on the high-order harmonic attosecond pulse. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.013815
Zhinan, Zeng, Ruxin, Li, Wei, Yu, and Zhizhan, Xu. 2003. "Effect of the carrier-envelope phase of the driving laser field on the high-order harmonic attosecond pulse". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.013815.
@article{osti_20634175,
title = {Effect of the carrier-envelope phase of the driving laser field on the high-order harmonic attosecond pulse},
author = {Zhinan, Zeng and Ruxin, Li and Wei, Yu and Zhizhan, Xu},
abstractNote = {The effect of the carrier-envelope phase of a few-cycle driving laser field on the generation and measurement of high-order harmonic attosecond pulses is investigated theoretically. We find that the position of the generated attosecond soft-x-ray pulse in the cutoff region is locked to the oscillation of the driving laser field, but not to the envelope of the laser pulse. This property ensures the success of the width measurement of an attosecond soft-x-ray pulse based on the cross correlation between the attosecond pulse and its driving laser pulse [M. Hentschel et al., Nature (London) 414, 509 (2001)]. However, there still exists a timing jitter of the order of tens of attoseconds between the attosecond pulse and its driving laser field. We also propose a method to detect the carrier-envelope phase of the driving laser field by measuring the spatial distribution of the photoelectrons induced by the attosecond soft-x-ray pulse and its driving laser pulse.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.67.013815},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20634175}, journal = {Physical Review. A},
issn = {1050-2947},
number = 1,
volume = 67,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2003},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2003}
}