Characterizing isolated attosecond pulses from a hollow-core waveguide using multi-cycle driving pulses

Author

Thomann, Isabell ; Bahabad, Alon ; Trebino, Rick ; Murnane, Margaret M. ; Kapteyn, Henry C.

Author_Institution

JILA, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We temporally characterize 200 attosecond FWHM pulses created by high harmonic generation of 15 femtosecond pulses. Simulations of the interferometric two-color crosscorrelation data and an iterative algorithm were used to extract the pulse duration.

Keywords

iterative methods; light interferometry; optical correlation; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; optical waveguides; hollow-core waveguide; interferometric two-color crosscorrelation; isolated attosecond FWHM pulse; iterative algorithm; multicycle driving pulses; optical harmonic generation; time 15 fs; time 200 as; Argon; Delay; Optical harmonic generation; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; Ultraviolet sources; (020.4180) Multiphoton processes; (120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology; (300.6500) Spectroscopy, time-resolved; (340.0340) X-ray optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225244