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Optical attosecond mapping by polarization selective detection

Markus Kitzler, Xinhua Xie, Armin Scrinzi, and Andrius Baltuska
Phys. Rev. A 76, 011801(R) – Published 9 July 2007

Abstract

We propose a general concept to use the spatial information encoded in the time-dependent polarization of high-order harmonic radiation generated by orthogonally polarized two-color laser fields. Based on polarization selective detection, we present two examples of applications: (i) a method for isolating a single attosecond pulse from an attosecond pulse train which is more efficient than the cutoff selection method and (ii) a technique for orbital tomography of molecules with attosecond resolution.

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  • Received 26 November 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.76.011801

©2007 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Markus Kitzler*, Xinhua Xie, Armin Scrinzi, and Andrius Baltuska

  • Photonics Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

  • *markus.kitzler@tuwien.ac.at

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Vol. 76, Iss. 1 — July 2007

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