The cross-correlation method for temporal characterization is investigated using simulations of the two- color above threshold ionization (ATI) on He induced by a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) free-electron laser (FEL...The cross-correlation method for temporal characterization is investigated using simulations of the two- color above threshold ionization (ATI) on He induced by a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) free-electron laser (FEL) in the presence of an infrared (IR) field. Non-linear dependencies of the sideband structure pro- duced in the two-color ATI process are expressed as a function of IR laser intensity by considering the spatial distributions and temporal jitter of both lasers. The temporal properties of the FEL pulse can be characterized accurately using the cross-correlation method at a low IR laser intensity of ~3~101~ W/cm2 but with low cross-correlation signals. When the dynamic range of sidebands is increased to high IR intensity, the accuracy of the cross-correlation method becomes crucially dependent on the actual non- linear index. An approach of determining this index is proposed here to improve the accuracy of temporal characterizations.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11075118)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20100072120036)
文摘The cross-correlation method for temporal characterization is investigated using simulations of the two- color above threshold ionization (ATI) on He induced by a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) free-electron laser (FEL) in the presence of an infrared (IR) field. Non-linear dependencies of the sideband structure pro- duced in the two-color ATI process are expressed as a function of IR laser intensity by considering the spatial distributions and temporal jitter of both lasers. The temporal properties of the FEL pulse can be characterized accurately using the cross-correlation method at a low IR laser intensity of ~3~101~ W/cm2 but with low cross-correlation signals. When the dynamic range of sidebands is increased to high IR intensity, the accuracy of the cross-correlation method becomes crucially dependent on the actual non- linear index. An approach of determining this index is proposed here to improve the accuracy of temporal characterizations.