Generation of sub-optical-cycle, carrier-envelope-phase-insensitive, extreme-uv pulses via nonlinear stabilization in a waveguide

Arvinder S. Sandhu; Etienne Gagnon; Ariel Paul; Isabell Thomann; Amy Lytle; Tracy Keep; Margaret M. Murnane; Henry C. Kapteyn; Ivan P. Christov

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.74.061803

Generation of sub-optical-cycle, carrier-envelope-phase-insensitive, extreme-uv pulses via nonlinear stabilization in a waveguide

Arvinder S. Sandhu, Etienne Gagnon, Ariel Paul, Isabell Thomann, Amy Lytle, Tracy Keep, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, Ivan P. Christov

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We present evidence for a new regime of high-harmonic generation in a waveguide where bright, sub-optical-cycle, quasimonochromatic, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light is generated via a mechanism that is relatively insensitive to carrier-envelope phase fluctuations. The interplay between the transient plasma which determines the phase matching conditions and the instantaneous laser intensity which drives harmonic generation gives rise to a new nonlinear stabilization mechanism in the waveguide, localizing the phase-matched EUV emission to within sub-optical-cycle duration. The sub-optical-cycle EUV emission generated by this mechanism can also be selectively optimized in the spectral domain by simple tuning of parameters.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	061803
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	74
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.061803
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Sandhu, A. S., Gagnon, E., Paul, A., Thomann, I., Lytle, A., Keep, T., Murnane, M. M., Kapteyn, H. C., & Christov, I. P. (2006). Generation of sub-optical-cycle, carrier-envelope-phase-insensitive, extreme-uv pulses via nonlinear stabilization in a waveguide. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 74(6), Article 061803. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.74.061803

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Generation of sub-optical-cycle, carrier-envelope-phase-insensitive, extreme-uv pulses via nonlinear stabilization in a waveguide

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