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Ionization phase-match gating for wavelength-tunable isolated attosecond pulse generation

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High-order harmonic emission can be confined to the leading edge of an 800 nm driver laser pulse under moderately intense focusing conditions (7×1014 W/cm2) (Pfeifer et al. in Opt. Express 15:17120, 2007). Here, the experimentally observed curtailment of harmonic production on the leading edge of the driver pulse is shown to be controlled by an ionization-induced phase-matching condition. The transient plasma density inherent to the process of high-harmonic generation terminates the harmonic emission by an ultrafast loss of phase matching on the leading edge of the laser pulse. The analysis is supported by a reconstruction of the in situ intensity envelope of the driver pulse with attosecond temporal resolution, performed by measurements of the carrier-envelope phase dependence of individual half-cycle harmonic cutoffs. The method opens the way to wavelength-tunable isolated attosecond pulse generation.

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    A. Jullien, T. Pfeifer, M. J. Abel, P. M. Nagel, M. J. Bell, D. M. Neumark & S. R. Leone

  2. Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    A. Jullien, T. Pfeifer, M. J. Abel, P. M. Nagel, M. J. Bell, D. M. Neumark & S. R. Leone

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Jullien, A., Pfeifer, T., Abel, M.J. et al. Ionization phase-match gating for wavelength-tunable isolated attosecond pulse generation. Appl. Phys. B 93, 433–442 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-3187-z

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