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Title: Isolated-attosecond-pulse generation from asymmetric molecules with an {omega}+2{omega}/3 multicycle two-color field

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074 (China)

The high harmonic generation from asymmetric molecules with an {omega}+2{omega}/3 multicycle bichromatic laser pulse has been investigated. It is shown that the ionization asymmetry in consecutive half optical cycles for asymmetric molecules is further enhanced since the 2{omega}/3 control laser pulse further enhances the amplitude of the ionization peak at the center of the laser pulse. The 2{omega}/3 control laser pulse also significantly enlarges the difference of the photon energies emitted from the ejected electron in the half optical cycle at the central laser pulse and its next half optical cycle. In addition, a broadband supercontinuum is produced in the plateau of the spectrum, from which an isolated 90-as pulse can be directly obtained.

OSTI ID:
21408926
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.053846; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English