Attosecond Synchronization of High-Harmonic Soft X-rays

verfasst von
Y. Mairesse, A. De Bohan, L. J. Frasinski, H. Merdji, L. C. Dinu, P. Monchicourt, P. Breger, M. Kovačev, R. Taïeb, B. Carré, H. G. Muller, P. Agostini, P. Salières
Abstract

Subfemtosecond light pulses can be obtained by superposing several high harmonics of an intense laser pulse. Provided that the harmonics are emitted simultaneously, increasing their number should result in shorter pulses. However, we found that the high harmonics were not synchronized on an attosecond time scale, thus setting a lower limit to the achievable x-ray pulse duration. We showed that the synchronization could be improved considerably by controlling the underlying ultrafast electron dynamics, to provide pulses of 130 attoseconds in duration. We discuss the possibility of achieving even shorter pulses, which would allow us to track fast electron processes in matter.

Externe Organisation(en)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
University of Reading
FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics - AMOLF
Universite Paris 6
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Science
Band
302
Seiten
1540-1543
Anzahl der Seiten
4
ISSN
0036-8075
Publikationsdatum
28.11.2003
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Allgemein
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1126/science.1090277 (Zugang: Unbekannt)
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1090277 (Zugang: Unbekannt)