Self referencing attosecond interferometer with zeptosecond precision
Abstract
In this work we demonstrate the generation of two intense, ultrafast laser pulses that allow a controlled interferometric measurement of higher harmonic generation pulses with 12.8 attoseconds in resolution (half the atomic unit of time) and a precision as low as 680 zeptoseconds (10–21 seconds). We create two replicas of a driving femtosecond pulse which share the same optical path except at the focus where they converge to two foci. An attosecond pulse train emerges from each focus through the process of high harmonic generation. The two attosecond pulse trains from each focus interfere in the far field producing a clear interference pattern in the extreme ultraviolet region. By controlling the relative optical phase (carrier envelope phase for pulsed fields) between the two driving laser pulses we are able to actively influence the delay between the pulses and are able to perform very stable and precise pump-probe experiments. Because of the phase shaping operation occurs homogeneously across the entire spatial profile, we effectively create two indistinguishable intense laser pulses or a common path interferometer for attosecond pulses. Commonality across the two beams means that they are extremely stable to environmental and mechanical fluctuations up to a Rayleigh range from themore »
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- Research Org.:
- Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States); Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1545179
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1610057
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-86ER13491; SC0019098
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 27 Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Optics
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Tross, Jan, Kolliopoulos, Georgios, and Trallero-Herrero, Carlos A. Self referencing attosecond interferometer with zeptosecond precision. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.27.022960.
Tross, Jan, Kolliopoulos, Georgios, & Trallero-Herrero, Carlos A. Self referencing attosecond interferometer with zeptosecond precision. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.022960
Tross, Jan, Kolliopoulos, Georgios, and Trallero-Herrero, Carlos A. Fri .
"Self referencing attosecond interferometer with zeptosecond precision". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.022960.
@article{osti_1545179,
title = {Self referencing attosecond interferometer with zeptosecond precision},
author = {Tross, Jan and Kolliopoulos, Georgios and Trallero-Herrero, Carlos A.},
abstractNote = {In this work we demonstrate the generation of two intense, ultrafast laser pulses that allow a controlled interferometric measurement of higher harmonic generation pulses with 12.8 attoseconds in resolution (half the atomic unit of time) and a precision as low as 680 zeptoseconds (10–21 seconds). We create two replicas of a driving femtosecond pulse which share the same optical path except at the focus where they converge to two foci. An attosecond pulse train emerges from each focus through the process of high harmonic generation. The two attosecond pulse trains from each focus interfere in the far field producing a clear interference pattern in the extreme ultraviolet region. By controlling the relative optical phase (carrier envelope phase for pulsed fields) between the two driving laser pulses we are able to actively influence the delay between the pulses and are able to perform very stable and precise pump-probe experiments. Because of the phase shaping operation occurs homogeneously across the entire spatial profile, we effectively create two indistinguishable intense laser pulses or a common path interferometer for attosecond pulses. Commonality across the two beams means that they are extremely stable to environmental and mechanical fluctuations up to a Rayleigh range from the focus. In our opinion this represents an ideal source for homodyne and heterodyne spectroscopic measurements with sub-attosecond precision.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.27.022960},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 16,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {7}
}
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