Title :
Efficient generation of isolated attosecond pulses through relativistic effects
Author :
Power, E. ; Naumova, N. ; Nees, J. ; Hou, B. ; Bahk, S.-W. ; Yanovsky, V. ; Maksimchuk, A. ; Mourou, G. ; Sokolov, I.
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Focusing relativistic-intensity pulses to the wavelength scale in plasma leads to the formation of isolated attosecond pulses with ten percent efficiency in simulations. Experiments show this relativistic electron motion is present at 5/spl times/10/sup 17/ W/cm/sup 2/.
Keywords :
optical focusing; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; plasma light propagation; plasma simulation; relativistic plasmas; isolated attosecond pulse generation; relativistic electron motion; relativistic-intensity pulse focusing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
