TY - JOUR
AU - Yang, Yudong
AU - Mainz, Roland E.
AU - Rossi, Giulio Maria
AU - Scheiba, Fabian
AU - Silva Toledo, Miguel Angel
AU - Keathley, Phillip D.
AU - Cirmi, Giovanni
AU - Kärtner, Franz
TI - Strong-field coherent control of isolated attosecond pulse generation
JO - Nature Communications
VL - 12
IS - 1
SN - 2041-1723
CY - London
PB - Nature Publishing Group UK
M1 - PUBDB-2021-03641
SP - 6641
PY - 2021
AB - Attosecond science promises to reveal the most fundamental electronic dynamics occurring in matter and it can develop further by meeting two linked technological goals related to high-order harmonic sources: improved spectral tunability (allowing selectivity in addressing electronic transitions) and higher photon flux (permitting to measure low cross-section processes). New developments come through parametric waveform synthesis, which provides control over the shape of field transients, enabling the creation of highly-tunable isolated attosecond pulses via high-harmonic generation. Here we demonstrate that the first goal is fulfilled since central energy, spectral bandwidth/shape and temporal duration of isolated attosecond pulses can be controlled by shaping the laser waveform via two key parameters: the relative-phase between two halves of the multi-octave spanning spectrum, and the overall carrier-envelope phase. These results not only promise to expand the experimental possibilities in attosecond science, but also demonstrate coherent strong-field control of free-electron trajectories using tailored optical waveforms.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6 - 34789715
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000720063500013
DO - DOI:10.1038/s41467-021-26772-0
UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/463085
ER -