Generation of isolated attosecond pulses in a multi-cycle inhomogeneous two-color field without CEP stabilization

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作者
Yuan, Hua [1 ,2 ]
He, Lixin [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Feng [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Baoning [1 ,2 ]
Liu, Weiwei [1 ,2 ]
Hong, Zuofei [3 ]
机构
[1] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Phys, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China
[2] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Wuhan Natl Lab Optoelect, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China
[3] Wuhan Inst Technol, Lab Opt Informat Technol, Wuhan 430205, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Isolated attosecond pulse; High-order harmonic generation; Multi-cycle inhomogeneous two-color field; Water window; HIGH-HARMONIC-GENERATION; ENHANCEMENT; IONIZATION;
D O I
10.1007/s11082-017-1048-x
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We theoretically demonstrate the generation of ultrashort isolated attosecond pulses (IAPs) in the water window region with a multi-cycle inhomogeneous two-color field synthesized by an 800-nm fundamental pulse and a 2000-nm control pulse. The results show that the high-order harmonic generation process is effectively controlled in the temporally and spatially shaped field. An ultra-broadband supercontinuum in the water window region with the photon energies ranging from 387 to 620 eV is generated. Such a supercontinuum supports the generation of an ultrashort IAP with a duration as short as 40 attosecond. Moreover, we analyze the influence of the carrier-envelope phases (CEPs) and the relative phase of the two-color field on the IAP generation. It is shown that our two-color scheme is robust for the generation of sub-80 as IAPs against variations of the CEPs and the relative phase.
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