Title

The generation, characterization and applications of broadband isolated attosecond pulses

Authors

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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