Control of long electron quantum paths in high-order harmonic generation by phase-stabilized light pulses
- National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science - CNR-INFM Department of Physics, Politecnico, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan (Italy)
In this work we report on the first experimental demonstration of selection of the long electron quantum paths in the process of high-order harmonic generation by phase-stabilized multiple-cycle light pulses. A complete experimental investigation of the role of intensity and carrier-envelope phase of the driving pulses on the spectral characteristics of the long quantum paths is performed. Simulations based on the nonadiabatic saddle-point method and on a complete nonadiabatic three-dimensional model reproduce the main features of the experimental results. The use of phase-stabilized driving pulses allows one to control, on an attosecond temporal scale, the spectral and temporal characteristics associated with the electron quantum paths involved in the harmonic generation process.
- OSTI ID:
- 20787278
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 73, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.053408; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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