| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.6122/CJP.52.537 |
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| Author | Search for: Schmidt, B. E.; Search for: Shiner, A. D.1; Search for: Giguère, M.; Search for: Trallero-Herrero, C.; Search for: Lassonde, P.; Search for: Thiré, N.; Search for: Villeneuve, D. M.1; Search for: Corkum, P. B.1; Search for: Légaré, F. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Abstract | To push the generation of isolated attosecond pulses towards shorter XUV wavelengths (0.3 to 1 keV), intense few-cycle driving pulses are required whose center frequency is significantly red shifted compared to established Ti-Sa technology. A simple route for generating these pulses is demonstrated using an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). Its infrared (IR) multi-cycle laser pulses with millijoule of energy are spectrally broadened by nonlinear propagation in a hollow-core fiber (HCF) filled with Argon. For the OPA Signal wavelength (λ = 1.4 micron), chirped mirrors were used for dispersion compensation with a resulting pulse duration of 13.1 fs. For the OPA Idler wavelength at 1.8 micron, a new compression scheme has been developed with which 11.2 fs laser pulses have been characterized (1 cycle= 6 fs). Here, pulse compression is achieved through the combined effects of self-steepening during nonlinear propagation in the HCF followed by anomalous dispersion during linear propagation in fused silica. |
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| Publication date | 2014-02 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21276362 |
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| Record identifier | bf845e24-72c1-4bec-ba8d-b5e4f3b17804 |
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| Record created | 2015-10-05 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-22 |
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