Temporal confinement of the harmonic emission through polarization gating

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Authors

  • M. Kovačev
  • Y. Mairesse
  • E. Priori
  • H. Merdji
  • O. Tcherbakoff
  • P. Monchicourt
  • P. Breger
  • E. Mével
  • E. Constant
  • P. Salières
  • B. Carré
  • P. Agostini

External Research Organisations

  • French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • Universite de Bordeaux
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-82
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Physical Journal D
Volume26
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2003
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

We show experimentally that a simple optical setup is able to reduce the duration of the harmonic emission generated by "long" (many optical cycles) laser pulses. By controlling the time-dependent ellipticity during the laser pulse, one can confine the harmonic emission to a narrow temporal window where the polarization is quasi-linear. The results obtained and their comparison with a simple model show a shortening of a factor 2 for harmonics located in the plateau region. Using shorter laser pulses of 15-20 fs duration should make it possible to isolate a single attosecond pulse.

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Temporal confinement of the harmonic emission through polarization gating. / Kovačev, M.; Mairesse, Y.; Priori, E. et al.
In: European Physical Journal D, Vol. 26, No. 1, 10.2003, p. 79-82.

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Kovačev, M, Mairesse, Y, Priori, E, Merdji, H, Tcherbakoff, O, Monchicourt, P, Breger, P, Mével, E, Constant, E, Salières, P, Carré, B & Agostini, P 2003, 'Temporal confinement of the harmonic emission through polarization gating', European Physical Journal D, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 79-82. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00202-x
Kovačev, M., Mairesse, Y., Priori, E., Merdji, H., Tcherbakoff, O., Monchicourt, P., Breger, P., Mével, E., Constant, E., Salières, P., Carré, B., & Agostini, P. (2003). Temporal confinement of the harmonic emission through polarization gating. European Physical Journal D, 26(1), 79-82. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00202-x
Kovačev M, Mairesse Y, Priori E, Merdji H, Tcherbakoff O, Monchicourt P et al. Temporal confinement of the harmonic emission through polarization gating. European Physical Journal D. 2003 Oct;26(1):79-82. doi: 10.1140/epjd/e2003-00202-x
Kovačev, M. ; Mairesse, Y. ; Priori, E. et al. / Temporal confinement of the harmonic emission through polarization gating. In: European Physical Journal D. 2003 ; Vol. 26, No. 1. pp. 79-82.
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