We demonstrate the extreme ultraviolet free induction decay emission that can be significantly enhanced by employing isolated attosecond pulses.The near infrared pulses are applied to excite the neon atoms into Rydber...We demonstrate the extreme ultraviolet free induction decay emission that can be significantly enhanced by employing isolated attosecond pulses.The near infrared pulses are applied to excite the neon atoms into Rydberg states coherently,and isolated attosecond pulses are used to manipulate populations of the Rydberg states and the subsequent free induction decay process.The time resolved experimental measurement of dependence of the resonance emission yield would help to understand the buildup dynamics of population of excited states.The enhancement assisted by attosecond pulses can serve as a mechanism to develop high-flux extreme ultraviolet light sources.展开更多
High-order harmonics are ideal probes to resolve the attosecond dynamics of strong-field recollision processes.An easy-to-implement phase mask is utilized to covert the Gaussian beam to TEM01 transverse electromagneti...High-order harmonics are ideal probes to resolve the attosecond dynamics of strong-field recollision processes.An easy-to-implement phase mask is utilized to covert the Gaussian beam to TEM01 transverse electromagnetic mode,allowing the realization of two-source interferometry of high-order harmonics.We experimentally measure the intensity dependence of dipole phase directly with high-order harmonic interferometry,in which the driving laser intensity can be precisely adjusted.The classical electron excursion simulations reproduce the experimental findings quite well,demonstrating that Coulomb potential plays subtle roles on movement of electrons for harmonics near the ionization threshold.This work is of great importance for precision measurements of ultrafast dynamics in strong-field physics.展开更多
We show that it is feasible to generate sub-40-attosecond pulses with near-infrared few-cycle pulses centered at 800 nm.With proper gating technique,super-broadband continuum spectrum extending from 50 eV to above 200...We show that it is feasible to generate sub-40-attosecond pulses with near-infrared few-cycle pulses centered at 800 nm.With proper gating technique,super-broadband continuum spectrum extending from 50 eV to above 200 eV can be obtained,and the intrinsic atto-chirp can be satisfactorily compensated with C filter,producing isolated attosecond pulses with duration of 33 as.According to the wavelength scaling law of high-order harmonic generation,the proposed scheme is of great significance to develop high-flux ultrashort attosecond sources.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFA0307703)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11974426 and 12234020)。
文摘We demonstrate the extreme ultraviolet free induction decay emission that can be significantly enhanced by employing isolated attosecond pulses.The near infrared pulses are applied to excite the neon atoms into Rydberg states coherently,and isolated attosecond pulses are used to manipulate populations of the Rydberg states and the subsequent free induction decay process.The time resolved experimental measurement of dependence of the resonance emission yield would help to understand the buildup dynamics of population of excited states.The enhancement assisted by attosecond pulses can serve as a mechanism to develop high-flux extreme ultraviolet light sources.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFA0307703)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12234020 and 11974426)。
文摘High-order harmonics are ideal probes to resolve the attosecond dynamics of strong-field recollision processes.An easy-to-implement phase mask is utilized to covert the Gaussian beam to TEM01 transverse electromagnetic mode,allowing the realization of two-source interferometry of high-order harmonics.We experimentally measure the intensity dependence of dipole phase directly with high-order harmonic interferometry,in which the driving laser intensity can be precisely adjusted.The classical electron excursion simulations reproduce the experimental findings quite well,demonstrating that Coulomb potential plays subtle roles on movement of electrons for harmonics near the ionization threshold.This work is of great importance for precision measurements of ultrafast dynamics in strong-field physics.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFA0307703)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12234020 and 11974426)。
文摘We show that it is feasible to generate sub-40-attosecond pulses with near-infrared few-cycle pulses centered at 800 nm.With proper gating technique,super-broadband continuum spectrum extending from 50 eV to above 200 eV can be obtained,and the intrinsic atto-chirp can be satisfactorily compensated with C filter,producing isolated attosecond pulses with duration of 33 as.According to the wavelength scaling law of high-order harmonic generation,the proposed scheme is of great significance to develop high-flux ultrashort attosecond sources.