Attosecond vortex pulse trains

The landscape of ultrafast structured light pulses has recently evolved driven by the capability of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) to up-convert orbital angular momentum (OAM) from the infrared to the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) spectral regime. Accordingly, HHG has been proven to produce EUV vo...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-02
Main Authors: Alba de las Heras, Schmidt, David, Julio San Román, Serrano, Javier, Adams, Daniel, Plaja, Luis, Durfee, Charles G, Hernández-García, Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angular momentum
Attosecond pulses
Circular polarization
Harmonic generations
Higher harmonics
Vortices
Wave fronts
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Summary:The landscape of ultrafast structured light pulses has recently evolved driven by the capability of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) to up-convert orbital angular momentum (OAM) from the infrared to the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) spectral regime. Accordingly, HHG has been proven to produce EUV vortex pulses at the femtosecond timescale. Here we demonstrate the generation of attosecond vortex pulse trains, i.e. a succession of attosecond pulses with a helical wavefront, resulting from the synthesis of a comb of EUV high-order harmonics with the same OAM. By driving HHG with a polarization tilt-angle fork grating, two spatially separated circularly polarized high-order harmonic beams with order-independent OAM are created. Our work opens the route towards attosecond-resolved OAM light-matter interactions.
ISSN:2331-8422