The generation, characterization and applications of broadband isolated attosecond pulses

    Authors

    M. Chini; K. Zhao;Z. H. Chang

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Nat. Photonics

    Keywords

    EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC-AMPLIFIER; HIGH; HARMONIC-GENERATION; FEW-CYCLE; LASER-PULSES; X-RAY; MU-M; THRESHOLD; HARMONICS; MULTILAYER MIRRORS; PHASE RETRIEVAL; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    The generation of extremely short isolated attosecond pulses requires both a broad spectral bandwidth and control of the spectral phase. Rapid progress has been made in both aspects, leading to the generation of light pulses as short as 67 as in 2012, and broadband attosecond continua covering a wide range of extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray wavelengths. Such pulses have been successfully applied in photoelectron and photoion spectroscopy and recently developed attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to study electron dynamics in matter. In this Review, we discuss significant recent advances in the generation, characterization and applications of ultrabroadband, isolated attosecond pulses with spectral bandwidths comparable to the central frequency. These pulses can in principle be compressed to a single optical cycle.

    Journal Title

    Nature Photonics

    Volume

    8

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Review

    Language

    English

    First Page

    178

    Last Page

    186

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000332221100007

    ISSN

    1749-4885

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