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

    Authors

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

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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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    4

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000289057100013

    ISSN

    0031-9007

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