Synchronized pulses generated at 20 eV and 90 eV for attosecond pump-probe experiments
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The development of attosecond pulses across different photon energies is an essential precursor to performing pump–probe attosecond experiments in complex systems, where the potential of attosecond science1 can be further developed2,3. We report the generation and characterization of synchronized extreme ultraviolet (90 eV) and vacuum ultraviolet (20 eV) pulses, generated simultaneously via high-harmonic generation. The vacuum ultraviolet pulses are well suited for pump–probe experiments that exploit the high photo-ionization cross-sections of many molecules in this spectral region4 as well as the higher photon flux due to the higher conversion efficiency of the high harmonic generation process at these energies5. We temporally characterized all pulses using the attosecond streaking technique6 and the FROG-CRAB retrieval method7. We report 576 ± 16 as pulses at 20 eV and 257 ± 21 as pulses at 90 eV. Our demonstration of synchronized attosecond pulses at different photon energies, which are inherently jitter-free due to the common-path geometry implemented, offers unprecedented possibilities for pump–probe studies.
Date Issued
2015-06-01
Date Acceptance
2015-04-10
Citation
Nature Photonics, 2015, 9 (7), pp.383-387
ISSN
1749-4885
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Start Page
383
End Page
387
Journal / Book Title
Nature Photonics
Volume
9
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2015, Rights Managed by Nature Publishing Group. The published version can be accessed at: http://doi.org/10.1038/NPHOTON.2015.77
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Commission of the European Communities
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/I032517/1
290467
EP/F034601/1
GR/S22400/01
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Optics
Physics, Applied
Physics
HARMONIC-GENERATION
NONLINEAR OPTICS
DEEP-ULTRAVIOLET
INTENSE
PHOTOABSORPTION
FIBERS
FIELDS
FS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2015-05-18