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Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses
Circularly polarized attosecond pulses are powerful tool to study chiral light-matter interaction via chiral electron dynamics. However, access to isolated circularly polarized attosecond pulses enabling straightforward interpretation of measurements, still remains a challenge. In this work, we expe...
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description | Circularly polarized attosecond pulses are powerful tool to study chiral light-matter interaction via chiral electron dynamics. However, access to isolated circularly polarized attosecond pulses enabling straightforward interpretation of measurements, still remains a challenge. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate the generation of highly elliptically polarized high-harmonics in a two-color, bi-circular, collinear laser field. The intensity and shape of the combined few-cycle driving radiation is optimized to produce a broadband continuum with enhanced spectral chirality in the range of 15-55 eV supporting the generation of isolated attosecond pulses with duration down to 150 as. We apply spectrally resolved polarimetry to determine the full Stokes vector of different spectral components of the continuum, yielding a homogenous helicity distribution with ellipticity in the range of 0.8-0.95 and a negligible unpolarized content. |
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spelling | pubmed-80998782021-05-07 Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses Bengs, Ulrich Zhavoronkov, Nickolai Sci Rep Article Circularly polarized attosecond pulses are powerful tool to study chiral light-matter interaction via chiral electron dynamics. However, access to isolated circularly polarized attosecond pulses enabling straightforward interpretation of measurements, still remains a challenge. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate the generation of highly elliptically polarized high-harmonics in a two-color, bi-circular, collinear laser field. The intensity and shape of the combined few-cycle driving radiation is optimized to produce a broadband continuum with enhanced spectral chirality in the range of 15-55 eV supporting the generation of isolated attosecond pulses with duration down to 150 as. We apply spectrally resolved polarimetry to determine the full Stokes vector of different spectral components of the continuum, yielding a homogenous helicity distribution with ellipticity in the range of 0.8-0.95 and a negligible unpolarized content. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8099878/ /pubmed/33953228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88557-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Bengs, Ulrich Zhavoronkov, Nickolai Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses |
title | Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses |
title_full | Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses |
title_fullStr | Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses |
title_full_unstemmed | Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses |
title_short | Elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses |
title_sort | elliptically polarized high-harmonic radiation for production of isolated attosecond pulses |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099878/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33953228 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88557-1 |
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