SUBFEMTOSECOND PULSES

被引:571
作者
CORKUM, PB
BURNETT, NH
IVANOV, MY
机构
[1] National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON
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D O I
10.1364/OL.19.001870
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
High-harmonic emission is very sensitive to the polarization of a fundamental laser beam. By combining two short perpendicularly polarized pulses with frequencies centered at omega(1) and omega(2), where (omega(1)-omega(2))/omega(1) much less than 1, we can create a pulse with polarization that sweeps from circular through linear back to circular. It is possible to make the duration of the segment of the pulse capable of emitting short-wavelength radiation so small that emission is possible only for a time less than the period of the fundamental.
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页码:1870 / 1872
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