Phase-retrieval algorithm for the characterization of broadband single attosecond pulses

Zhao, Xi; Wei, Hui; Wu, Yan; Lin, C. D.

doi:10.1103/physreva.95.043407

Title: Phase-retrieval algorithm for the characterization of broadband single attosecond pulses

Journal Article · Mon Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.95.043407· OSTI ID:1535733

Zhao, Xi ^[1]; Wei, Hui ^[2]; Wu, Yan ^[3]; Lin, C. D. ^[2]

Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States); China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang (China). Laser Fusion Research Center
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States); Zhejiang Sci-Tech Univ., Hangzhou (China)

Recent progress in high-order harmonic generation with few-cycle mid-infrared wavelength lasers has pushed light pulses into the water-window region and beyond. These pulses have the bandwidth to support single attosecond pulses down to a few tens of attoseconds. However, the present available techniques for attosecond pulse measurement are not applicable to such pulses. Here we report a phase-retrieval method using the standard photoelectron streaking technique where an attosecond pulse is converted into its electron replica through photoionization of atoms in the presence of a time-delayed infrared laser. The iterative algorithm allows accurate reconstruction of the spectral phase of light pulses, from the extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) to soft x-rays, with pulse durations from hundreds down to a few tens of attoseconds. At the same time, the streaking laser fields, including short pulses that span a few octaves, can also be accurately retrieved. Furthermore, such well-characterized single attosecond pulses in the XUV to the soft-x-ray region are required for time-resolved probing of inner-shell electronic dynamics of matter at their own timescale of a few tens of attoseconds.

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Research Organization:: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13491

OSTI ID:: 1535733

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1351032

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 95, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9926

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