Abstract
High-harmonic generation (HHG) is widely used for up-conversion of amplified (near) infrared ultrafast laser pulses to short wavelengths. We demonstrate that Ramsey-comb spectroscopy, based on two such pulses derived from a frequency-comb laser, enables us to observe phase effects in this process with a few mrad precision. As a result, we could perform the most accurate spectroscopic measurement based on light from HHG, illustrated with a determination of the transition at 110 nm in . We improve its relative accuracy times to a value of . This is 3.6 times better than shown before involving HHG, and promising to enable spectroscopy of for fundamental tests.
- Received 17 May 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.143001
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