Abstract:
Conventionally, attosecond pulses are obtained using generation of high-order optical harmonics upon excitation of various media by femtosecond laser pulses with the central frequency in the infrared range. Here, we consider theoretically an alternative possibility of obtaining an isolated extreme ultraviolet (XUV) attosecond pulse in a thin layer of helium atoms excited by a pair of half-cycle (quasi-unipolar) X-ray pulses. The approach is based on the free polarization decay of an atomic medium. An analogy of the processes under consideration with the phenomenon of superradiance is discussed.
Investigations by R.M. Arkhipov and N.N. Rosanov were financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 20-32-70049 (theory of attosecond pulse generation and numerical simulations) and 19-02-00312 (sections devoted to the simplified classical theory for the generation of an attosecond pulse and the connection with superradiance). I. Babushkin acknowledges support from the PhoenixD innovation cluster (EXC 2122, project no. 390833453) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, project no. BA4156/4-2.
Citation:
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, I. Babushkin, A. V. Pakhomov, N. N. Rosanov, “Generation of an attosecond pulse in helium excited by half-cycle X-ray pulses”, Optics and Spectroscopy, 128:4 (2020), 541–547; Optics and Spectroscopy, 128:4 (2020), 529–535
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This publication is cited in the following 7 articles:
R. M. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, M. V. Arkhipov, N. N. Rosanov, “Superradiance of a Stopped Polarization Pulse in a Thin Layer of a Five-Level Medium Excited by Subcycle Attosecond Pulses”, Opt. Spectrosc., 131:3 (2023), 139
P.A. Belov, R.M. Arkhipov, “Formation of the stopped polarization pulse in a rectangular quantum well”, Micro and Nanostructures, 180 (2023), 207607
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, M. O. Zhukova, A. N. Tcypkin, N. N. Rosanov, “Generation of ultrashort attosecond and terahertz pulses based on the collective spontaneous emission from a thin resonant medium (brief review)”, JETP Letters, 113:4 (2021), 242–251
M. K. Eseev, V. I. Matveev, D. N. Makarov, “Diagnostics of nanosystems with the use of ultrashort X-ray pulses: theory and experiment (brief review)”, JETP Letters, 114:7 (2021), 387–405
R. M. Arkhipov, N. N. Rosanov, “Generation of extremely short pulses of terahertz radiation based on superradiance of a three-level resonant medium”, Optics and Spectroscopy, 129:3 (2021), 289–296
R. M. Arkhipov, M. V. Arkhipov, I. Babushkin, A. V. Pakhomov, N. N. Rosanov, “Generation of an attosecond pulse based on collective spontaneous emission of a layer of three-level atoms excited by a pair of unipolar pulses”, Optics and Spectroscopy, 128:11 (2020), 1857–1864
R M Arkhipov, M V Arkhipov, A V Pakhomov, I Babushkin, A Demircan, U Morgner, N N Rosanov, “Generation of sub cycle terahertz pulses via coherent control of nonlinear medium by femtosecond pulses”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 1571:1 (2020), 012009