Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: A feasibility study is presented for the generation of single attosecond pulses using harmonics produced by planar targets irradiated at high intensities. The investigation focuses on the interaction of a few-optical cycles, carrier-envelope phase controlled, near-infrared laser pulse with an overdense plasma. The results obtained using an one-dimensional particle-in-cell code indicate that at laser intensities of 10 20 W cm −2 a single sub-fs pulse can be generated in the 20–70 eV spectral range with an efficiency of a few per cent and with 10 −3 to 10 −4 for higher photon energies.
Source: New Journal of Physics
Institutions: Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,610
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
OpenAlex ID: W2085685518