Attosecond spectroscopy for the investigation of ultrafast dynamics in atomic, molecular and solid-state physics

R Borrego-Varillas, M Lucchini… - Reports on Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the first demonstration of the generation of attosecond pulses (1 as= 10− 18 s) in the
extreme-ultraviolet spectral region, several measurement techniques have been introduced …

High-energy attosecond light sources

G Sansone, L Poletto, M Nisoli - Nature Photonics, 2011 - nature.com
The development of attosecond technology is one of the most significant achievements in
the field of ultrafast optics over the past decade. Since the first experimental demonstration …

Smilei: A collaborative, open-source, multi-purpose particle-in-cell code for plasma simulation

J Derouillat, A Beck, F Pérez, T Vinci… - Computer Physics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Smilei is a collaborative, open-source, object-oriented (C++) particle-in-cell code. To benefit
from the latest advances in high-performance computing (HPC), Smilei is co-developed by …

The ELI-ALPS facility: the next generation of attosecond sources

S Kühn, M Dumergue, S Kahaly… - Journal of Physics B …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This review presents the technological infrastructure that will be available at the Extreme
Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) international facility. ELI …

Attosecond technology (ies) and science

J Biegert, F Calegari, N Dudovich… - Journal of Physics B …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Since 2001 and the first demonstrations of the feasibility of generating and measuring
attosecond light pulses, attosecond science has developed into a very active and quickly …

Attosecond lighthouses: how to use spatiotemporally coupled light fields to generate isolated attosecond pulses

H Vincenti, F Quéré - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
Under the effect of even simple optical components, the spatial properties of femtosecond
laser beams can vary over the duration of the light pulse. We show how using such …

Space–time characterization of ultra-intense femtosecond laser beams

G Pariente, V Gallet, A Borot, O Gobert, F Quéré - Nature Photonics, 2016 - nature.com
Femtosecond lasers can now deliver ultrahigh intensities at focus, making it possible to
induce relativistic motion of charged particles with light and opening the way to new …

Attosecond lighthouses from plasma mirrors

JA Wheeler, A Borot, S Monchocé, H Vincenti… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
The nonlinear interaction of an intense femtosecond laser pulse with matter can lead to the
emission of a train of sub-laser-cycle—attosecond—bursts of short-wavelength radiation …

Vacuum laser acceleration of relativistic electrons using plasma mirror injectors

M Thévenet, A Leblanc, S Kahaly, H Vincenti… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Accelerating particles to relativistic energies over very short distances using lasers has been
a long-standing goal in physics. Among the various schemes proposed for electrons …

Plasma holograms for ultrahigh-intensity optics

A Leblanc, A Denoeud, L Chopineau, G Mennerat… - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
The manipulation of ultraintense laser beams gets increasingly challenging with growing
laser peak power, as the breakdown of conventional optics imposes ever larger beam …