Generation of single-cycle attosecond pulses in the vacuum ultraviolet

被引：17

作者：

Christov, IP

Murnane, MM

Kapteyn, HC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Ctr Ultrafast Opt Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

[2] Univ Sofia, Dept Phys, Sofia 1126, Bulgaria

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 1998年 / 148卷 / 1-3期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00641-X

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A model for the interaction of a focused election beam and a terawatt femtosecond optical pulse has been developed which demonstrates that single-cycle VUV pulses, with durations below 0.5 fs, can be generated. The ultrashort VUV pulses result from the nonlinear motion of the elections in a ponderomotive force induced by a tightly focused femtosecond pump pulse. Our results demonstrate that the nonlinear properties of relativistic free electrons can be exploited to generate useful sources of light in the VUV. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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页码：75 / 78

页数：4

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