239 research outputs found
Interlocked attosecond pulse trains in slightly bi-elliptical high harmonic generation
No full textAbstractThe ellipticity of high harmonics driven by bi-chromatic (e.g. ω−2ω) co-propagating fields can be fully tuned by varying the polarization of the pump components. In order to start revealing the underlying mechanism of this control, we explore a relatively simple regime of this scheme that still gives rise to full control over the harmonics ellipticities. In this regime, the pumps are only slightly elliptical and the high harmonic radiation consists of two (different) interlocked attosecond pulse trains (APTs). We formulate a semi-analytic model that maps the high harmonic ellipticity to properties of the APTs harmonic decompositions. Utilizing this model, we reconstruct these APTs variables from measurements of the high harmonics ellipticities. This ellipticity-resolved spectroscopy of interlocked APTs may be useful for ultrafast probing of chiral degrees of freedom
Attosecond-precision coherent control of electron recombination in the polarization plane
No full textThree-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Pulse-Train Solitons
No full textExperimental realization of three-dimensional spatiotemporal solitons, which were proposed several decades ago, is still considered a “grand challenge” in nonlinear science. Here, we present experimental observation of 3D optical spatiotemporal pulse-train solitons. A spatially bright temporally dark pulse-train beam is trapped in a bulk medium that supports two types of nonlinearities: slowly responding saturable self-focusing that collectively self-trap the beam in the transverse directions and fast self-phase modulation that self-localizes each dark notch temporally (longitudinally). This work opens the possibility for experimental investigations of various soliton phenomena, including soliton interaction in 3D, formation of multimode spatiotemporal solitons, and envisioning new entities like partially coherent spatiotemporal solitons
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