Title :
Double optical gating of high harmonic generation
Author :
Mashiko, Hiroki ; Gilbertson, Steve ; Li, Chengquan ; Khan, Sabih ; Shakya, Mahendra ; Moon, Eric ; Chang, Zenghu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS
Abstract :
We propose a novel optical switch to control the high-order harmonic generation process so that single attosecond pulses can be generated with ~10 fs input pulses. The technique combines polarization gating and two-color gating.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; optical switches; double optical gating; high-order harmonic generation; optical switch; polarization gating; single attosecond pulses; two-color gating; Delay; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power harmonic filters; Pulse amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.7160) Ultrafast technology;
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
