Title :
Measurement of the duration of high harmonic pulses
Author :
Constant, Eric ; Taranukhin, V. ; Stolow, Albert ; Corkum, P.B.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In the high harmonic generation process in an atomic gas with short laser pulses the plasma density and related phase matching effects are known to affect the spatial profile. They must also influence the temporal profile of this harmonic generation. Indeed it has been suggested to use these effects to squeeze the high harmonic pulse to a duration of 2 to 3 fs. However, because of the large bandwidth and short wavelength, there was no method to measure the duration of these pulses. The subject of this paper is to present such a method.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical harmonic generation; atomic gas; high harmonic generation; phase matching; plasma density; pulse duration measurement; short laser pulse; temporal profile; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Gas lasers; Optical pulse generation; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
