A Custom-Tailored Multi-TW Optical Electric Field for Gigawatt Soft-X-Ray Isolated Attosecond Pulses

Bing Xue; Yuuki Tamaru; Yuxi Fu; Hua Yuan; Pengfei Lan; Oliver D. Mücke; Akira Suda; Katsumi Midorikawa; Eiji J. Takahashi

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A Custom-Tailored Multi-TW Optical Electric Field for Gigawatt Soft-X-Ray Isolated Attosecond Pulses

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- A Custom-Tailored Multi-TW Optical Electric Field for Gigawatt Soft-X-Ray Isolated Attosecond Pulses
- Ultrafast Science Vol. 2021, Issue 2, (2021)
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  1. RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako,Saitama,Japan,351-0198
  2. Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda-, Chiba-ken,shi,Japan,278-8510
  3. School of Physics and Wuhan National Laboratory of Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Hubei,Wuhan,China,430074
  4. Center for Free-Electron Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85,Hamburg,Germany,22607
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BING XUE, YUUKI TAMARU, YUXI FU, et al. A Custom-Tailored Multi-TW Optical Electric Field for Gigawatt Soft-X-Ray Isolated Attosecond Pulses. [J]. Ultrafast science, 2021, 2021(2).
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BING XUE, YUUKI TAMARU, YUXI FU, et al. A Custom-Tailored Multi-TW Optical Electric Field for Gigawatt Soft-X-Ray Isolated Attosecond Pulses. [J]. Ultrafast science, 2021, 2021(2). DOI： 10.34133/2021/9828026.

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Since the first isolated attosecond pulse was demonstrated through high-order harmonics generation (HHG) in 2001

researchers’ interest in the ultrashort time region has expanded. However

one realizes a limitation for related research such as attosecond spectroscopy. The bottleneck is concluded to be the lack of a high-peak-power isolated attosecond pulse source. Therefore

currently

generating an intense attosecond pulse would be one of the highest priority goals. In this paper

we review our recent work of a TW-class parallel three-channel waveform synthesizer for generating a gigawatt-scale soft-X-ray isolated attosecond pulse (IAP) using HHG. By employing several stabilization methods

we have achieved a stable 50 mJ three-channel optical-waveform synthesizer with a peak power at the multi-TW level. This optical-waveform synthesizer is capable of creating a stable intense optical field for generating an intense continuum harmonic beam thanks to the successful stabilization of all the parameters. Furthermore

the precision control of shot-to-shot reproducible synthesized waveforms is achieved. Through the HHG process employing a loose-focusing geometry

an intense shot-to-shot stable supercontinuum (50–70 eV) is generated in an argon gas cell. This continuum spectrum supports an IAP with a transform-limited duration of 170 as and a submicrojoule pulse energy

which allows the generation of a GW-scale IAP. Another supercontinuum in the soft-X-ray region with higher photon energy of approximately 100–130 eV is also generated in neon gas from the synthesizer. The transform-limited pulse duration is 106 as. Thus

the enhancement of HHG output through optimized waveform synthesis is experimentally proved.

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