Generation of attosecond light pulses from gas and solid state media

S Chatziathanasiou, S Kahaly, E Skantzakis… - Photonics, 2017 - mdpi.com
Real-time observation of ultrafast dynamics in the microcosm is a fundamental approach for
understanding the internal evolution of physical, chemical and biological systems. Tools for …

Cascaded generation of isolated sub-10 attosecond half-cycle pulses

Y Shou, R Hu, Z Gong, J Yu, J erh Chen… - New Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Sub-10 attosecond pulses (APs) with half-cycle electric fields provide exceptional
options to detect and manipulate electrons in the atomic timescale. However, the availability …

Giant isolated half-cycle attosecond pulses generated in coherent bremsstrahlung emission regime

Q **n, Y Wang, X Yan, B Eliasson - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
Giant half-cycle attosecond pulse generation in the coherent bremsstrahlung emission
regime is proposed for laser pulses with normal incidence on a double-foil target, where the …

The X-ray emission effectiveness of plasma mirrors: reexamining power-law scaling for relativistic high-order harmonic generation

MR Edwards, JM Mikhailova - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Ultrashort pulsed lasers provide uniquely detailed access to the ultrafast dynamics of
physical, chemical, and biological systems, but only a handful of wavelengths are directly …

Coherent radiation of an electron bunch colliding with an intense laser pulse

EG Gelfer, AM Fedotov, O Klimo, S Weber - Physical Review Research, 2024 - APS
We study the conditions for coherent radiation of an electron bunch driven by a
counterpropagating strong pulsed electromagnetic plane wave. We derive the spectrum of …

Optically controlled dense current structures driven by relativistic plasma aperture-induced diffraction

B Gonzalez-Izquierdo, RJ Gray, M King, RJ Dance… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
The collective response of charged particles to intense fields is intrinsic to plasma
accelerators and radiation sources, relativistic optics and many astrophysical phenomena …

Giant isolated attosecond pulses from two-color laser-plasma interactions

YX Zhang, S Rykovanov, M Shi, CL Zhong, XT He… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
A new regime in the interaction of a two-color (ω, 2 ω) laser with a nanometer-scale foil is
identified, resulting in the emission of extremely intense, isolated attosecond pulses—even …

Temporal structure of attosecond pulses from laser-driven coherent synchrotron emission

S Cousens, B Reville, B Dromey, M Zepf - Physical Review Letters, 2016 - APS
The microscopic dynamics of laser-driven coherent synchrotron emission transmitted
through thin foils are investigated using particle-in-cell simulations. For normal incidence …

Dependence of laser-driven coherent synchrotron emission efficiency on pulse ellipticity and implications for polarization gating

M Yeung, B Dromey, S Cousens, T Dzelzainis… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
The polarization dependence of laser-driven coherent synchrotron emission transmitted
through thin foils is investigated experimentally. The harmonic generation process is seen to …

[HTML][HTML] Density-dependent carrier-envelope phase shift in attosecond pulse generation from relativistically oscillating mirrors

R Zagidullin, S Tietze, M Zepf, J Wang… - Matter and Radiation at …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The carrier-envelope phase (CEP) φ 0 is one of the key parameters in the generation of
isolated attosecond pulses. In particular,“cosine” pulses (φ 0= 0) are best suited for …