Attosecond Nonlinear Optics

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作者
Midorikawa, Katsumi [1 ]
机构
[1] RIKEN Adv Sci Inst, Extreme Photon Res Grp, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
来源
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIGH POWER LASER ABLATION 2010 | 2010年 / 1278卷
关键词
Attosecond pulse; ultrafast optics; high-order harmonics; nonlinear optics; COULOMB EXPLOSION;
D O I
10.1063/1.3507122
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We report nonlinear multiphoton processes in atoms and molecules by intense high harmonics and their applications to attosecond pulse characterization. Phase matched high harmonics by a loosely focusing geometry produce highly focusable intensity with fully spatiotemporal coherence, which is sufficient to induce nonlinear optical phenomena in the extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray (XUV) region. With this XUV coherent light source, two-photon double ionization in He is demonstrated with 42-eV high harmonic photons. On the other hand, when intense high harmonics around 20 eV is subjected to N(2) molecules, occurrence of Coulomb explosion following to two-photon double ionization is observed in attosecond temporal precision. Taking advantage of larger cross section of two-photon ionization in molecules, we successfully perform the interferometric autocorrelation of an attosecond pulse train with the ion signals produced by Coulomb explosion of nitrogen molecules. The result reveals the phase relation between attosecond pulses in the train.
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页码:364 / 372
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