Schemes for generation of isolated attosecond pulses of pure circular polarization

Hernández-García, C.; Durfee, C. G.; Hickstein, D. D.; Popmintchev, T.; Meier, A.; Murnane, M. M.; Kapteyn, H. C.; Sola, I. J.; Jaron-Becker, A.; Becker, A.

doi:10.1103/physreva.93.043855

Title: Schemes for generation of isolated attosecond pulses of pure circular polarization

Journal Article · Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.93.043855· OSTI ID:1690341

Hernández-García, C. ^[1]; Durfee, C. G. ^[2]; Hickstein, D. D. ^[3]; Popmintchev, T. ^[3]; Meier, A. ^[4]; Murnane, M. M. ^[3]; Kapteyn, H. C. ^[3]; Sola, I. J. ^[5]; Jaron-Becker, A. ^[3]; Becker, A. ^[3]

Univ. of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, CO (United States); Univ. of Salamanca (Spain)
Univ. of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, CO (United States); Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, CO (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of Salamanca (Spain)

Here, we propose and analyze two schemes capable of generating isolated attosecond pulses of pure circular polarization, based on results of numerical simulations. Both schemes utilize the generation of circularly polarized high-order-harmonics by crossing two circularly polarized counter-rotating pulses in a noncollinear geometry. Our results show that in this setup isolation of a single attosecond pulse can be achieved either by restricting the driver pulse duration to a few cycles or by temporally delaying the two crossed driver pulses. We further propose to compensate the temporal walk-off between the pulses across the focal spot and increasing the conversion efficiency by using angular spatial chirp to provide perfectly matched pulse fronts. The isolation of pure circularly polarized attosecond pulses, along with the opportunity to select their central energy and helicity in the noncollinear technique, opens new perspectives from which to study ultrafast dynamics in chiral systems and magnetic materials.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; European Research Council (ERC); Junta de Castilla y Leon; Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain (MINECO); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-99ER14982; 328334; SA116U13; FIS2013-44174-P; FIS2015-71933-REDT; PHY-1125844; PHY-1068706; CNS-0821794

OSTI ID:: 1690341

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1249885

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 93, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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