Attosecond Streaking in the Water Window: A New Regime of Attosecond Pulse Characterization

We report on the first streaking measurement of water-window attosecond pulses generated via high harmonic generation, driven by sub-2-cycle, CEP-stable, 1850 nm laser pulses. Both the central photon energy and the energy bandwidth far exceed what has been demonstrated thus far, warranting the inves...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2017-10
Main Authors: Cousin, Seth L, Nicola Di Palo, Buades, Bárbara, Teichmann, Stephan M, Reduzzi, M, Devetta, M, Kheifets, A, Sansone, G, Biegert, Jens
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Attosecond pulses
Harmonic generations
Ionization
Ionization cross sections
Retrieval
Soft x rays
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Summary:We report on the first streaking measurement of water-window attosecond pulses generated via high harmonic generation, driven by sub-2-cycle, CEP-stable, 1850 nm laser pulses. Both the central photon energy and the energy bandwidth far exceed what has been demonstrated thus far, warranting the investigation of the attosecond streaking technique for the soft X-ray regime and the limits of the FROGCRAB retrieval algorithm under such conditions. We also discuss the problem of attochirp compensation and issues regarding much lower photo-ionization cross sections compared with the XUV in addition to the fact that several shells of target gases are accessed simultaneously. Based on our investigation, we caution that the vastly different conditions in the soft X-ray regime warrant a diligent examination of the fidelity of the measurement and the retrieval procedure.
ISSN:2331-8422