Title :
The first attosecond pulse train reconstruction of high-order harmonics from laser ablation plasma
Author :
Bom, L. B Elouga ; Haessler, Stefan ; Salieres, Pascal ; Ozaki, T.
Author_Institution :
Centre Energie, Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci., Varennes, QC
Abstract :
We present in this work the first attosecond pulse train reconstruction of high-order harmonics generated from plasma. We demonstrate that, as with gas medium, plasma medium can also be used to generate attosecond pulses in the extreme ultraviolet range. We generate harmonics from chromium plasma, with five harmonics between the 11th to the 19th order. By using the method of reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions (RABBIT), we characterize attosecond pulse trains with 300 as duration. This result shows that without using any synchronization method, the five harmonics we generate in chromium plasma had attosecond pulse duration.
Keywords :
chromium; laser ablation; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; plasma production by laser; two-photon processes; attosecond pulse generation; attosecond pulse train reconstruction; chromium plasma; gas medium; high-order harmonics; laser ablation plasma; plasma medium; synchronization method; two-photon transitions; Chromium; Gas lasers; Interference; Laser ablation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Plasmas; Pulse generation; Rabbits; Ultraviolet sources; (260.0260); (260.7200);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9