Title

Optical Detection of Attosecond Ionization Induced by a Few-Cycle Laser Field in a Transparent Dielectric Material

Authors

Authors

A. V. Mitrofanov; A. J. Verhoef; E. E. Serebryannikov; J. Lumeau; L. Glebov; A. M. Zheltikov;A. Baltuska

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. Lett.

Keywords

MEDIA; Physics, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

We observe an optical signature induced by the modulation of electron density inside a bulk transparent solid that is quasiperiodically ionized on an attosecond time scale by electric field peaks of a focused few-cycle laser pulse. The emitted optical signal resulting from the attosecond ionization dynamics is spatially, temporally and spectrally isolated from concomitant optical responses through the use of a noncollinear pump-probe technique. The method holds promise for developing an attosecond metrology for bulk solids, in which, unlike in the established attosecond metrology of gases and surfaces, direct detection of charged particles is unfeasible.

Journal Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

106

Issue/Number

14

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.147401

Language

English

First Page

4

WOS Identifier

WOS:000289057100013

ISSN

0031-9007

Recommended Citation

"Optical Detection of Attosecond Ionization Induced by a Few-Cycle Laser Field in a Transparent Dielectric Material" (2011). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 1675.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/1675