Controlling the Phase Evolution of Few-Cycle Light Pulses

A. Apolonski, A. Poppe, G. Tempea, Ch. Spielmann, Th. Udem, R. Holzwarth, T. W. Hänsch, and F. Krausz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 740 – Published 24 July 2000
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Abstract

Using a coherent nonlinear optical technique, slipping of the carrier through the envelope of 6-fs light wave packets emitted from a mode-locked-oscillator/pulse-compressor system has been measured, permitting the generation of intense, few-cycle light with precisely reproducible electric and magnetic fields. These pulses open the way to controlling the evolution of strong-field interactions on the time scale of the light oscillation cycle and are indispensable to reproducible attosecond x-ray pulse generation.

  • Received 13 April 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.740

©2000 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Apolonski1,2, A. Poppe1, G. Tempea1, Ch. Spielmann1, Th. Udem3, R. Holzwarth3, T. W. Hänsch3, and F. Krausz1

  • 1Institut für Photonik, Technische Universität Wien, Gusshausstrasse 27, A-1040 Wien, Austria
  • 2Institute of Automation and Electrometry, SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
  • 3Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany

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Vol. 85, Iss. 4 — 24 July 2000

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