Shaping attosecond pulses by controlling the minima in high-order harmonic generation through alignment of CO2 molecules

Jin, Cheng; Wang, Su-Ju; Zhao, Xi; Zhao, Song-Feng; Lin, C. D.

doi:10.1103/physreva.101.013429

Title: Shaping attosecond pulses by controlling the minima in high-order harmonic generation through alignment of CO₂ molecules

Journal Article · Thu Jan 23 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.101.013429· OSTI ID:1800609

^[1]; Wang, Su-Ju ^[2];

^[2]; Zhao, Song-Feng ^[3];

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Nanjing University of Science and Technology (China); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi’an (China)
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou (China)

In this paper, we report a simple method for generating shaped attosecond pulses by using a CO₂ molecule. Unlike most other molecules, owing to its unique energy and angle dependence and the presence of deep minima in the photoionization transition dipole moment, the shape of harmonic spectra, especially the position and depth of minima, can be readily controlled by tuning the degree of alignment. The sensitive alignment dependence of the minima is due to the coherent interference of a laser-induced dipole from each molecule when CO₂ molecules are moderately aligned, but not when they are well aligned or when they are isotropically distributed. Such a sensitivity offers a simple way of controlling the spectral amplitude and phase of the generated harmonics and thus shaping the generated attosecond pulses, for example, producing structured attosecond pulses by splitting a single burst into two. We illustrate how such pulses are generated and how to characterize them. This method offers a simple way to shape attosecond pulses at the generation step. It can be easily implemented experimentally to generate attosecond pulses with strong phase variations for unique applications.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13491; 11774175; 91950102; 11834004; 11904192; 11664035

OSTI ID:: 1800609

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 101, Issue 1; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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