Title :
Isolated attosecond pulses in the few-cycle regime
Author :
Sansone, G. ; Benedetti, E. ; Calegari, F. ; Vozzi, C. ; Stagira, S. ; De Silvestri, S. ; Nisoli, M. ; Avaldi, L. ; Flammini, R. ; Poletto, L. ; Villoresi, P. ; Altucci, C. ; Velotta, R.
Author_Institution :
National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science CNR-INFM Department of Physics, Politecnico, Piazza L. daVinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
Abstract :
We present the generation of isolated attosecond pulses using phase-stabilized 5-fs pulses with time dependent ellipticity. Using a complete temporal characterization technique, we demonstrate compression of the pulses down to 130 as (<1.2 optical cycles).
Keywords :
Aluminum; Character generation; Chirp; Delay; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse generation; Stability; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431034
