Experimental observation of attosecond control over relativistic electron bunches with two-colour fields

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作者
Yeung, M. [1 ]
Rykovanov, S. [2 ]
Bierbach, J. [2 ,3 ]
Li, L. [1 ]
Eckner, E. [3 ]
Kuschel, S. [2 ,3 ]
Woldegeorgis, A. [2 ,3 ]
Roedel, C. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Saevert, A. [3 ]
Paulus, G. G. [2 ,3 ]
Coughlan, M. [1 ]
Dromey, B. [1 ]
Zepf, M. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ Belfast, Dept Phys & Astron, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
[2] Helmholtz Inst Jena, Frobelstieg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[3] Friedrich Schiller Univ Jena, Inst Opt & Quantenelekt, Max Wien Pl 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[4] SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
HARMONIC-GENERATION; SOLID TARGETS; PLASMA; PHYSICS; DRIVEN; PULSES;
D O I
10.1038/NPHOTON.2016.239
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Energy coupling during relativistically intense laser-matter interactions is encoded in the attosecond motion of strongly driven electrons at the pre-formed plasma-vacuum boundary. Studying and controlling this motion can reveal details about the microscopic processes that govern a vast array of light-matter interaction phenomena, including those at the forefront of extreme laser-plasma science such as laser-driven ion acceleration(1), bright attosecond pulse generation(2,3) and efficient energy coupling for the generation and study of warm dense matter(4). Here we experimentally demonstrate that by precisely adjusting the relative phase of an additional laser beam operating at the second harmonic of the driving laser it is possible to control the trajectories of relativistic electron bunches formed during the interaction with a solid target at the attosecond scale. We observe significant enhancements in the resulting high-harmonic yield, suggesting potential applications for sources of ultra-bright, extreme ultraviolet attosecond radiation to be used in atomic and molecular pump-probe experiments(5,6).
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