Generation of Sub-2 Cycle Optical Pulses with a Differentially Pumped Hollow Fiber

We report the generation of optical pulses with an energy of 0. 55 m^3 and duration of 1.6-cycle （4.4 fs） at repetition rate of 1 kHz using a differentially pumped hollow fiber and chirped mirrors. Compared to the statically gasfilled scheme, the differentially pumping hollow fiber is demonstrated to support more energy output with higher transmission efficiency, and to increase the spectral broadening due to a reduction of ionization defocusing in plasma at the fiber entrance. The differentially pumping technique is proved to be an effective way to obtain optical pulses with mono-cycle and higher energy.     

Generation of Continuum Extreme-Ultraviolet Radiation by Carrier-Envelope-Phase-Stabilized 5-fs Laser Pulses

Coherent extreme-ultraviolet （XUV） radiation is studied by interaction of carrier-envelope （CE） phase stabilized high energy 5-fs infrared （800 nm） laser pulses with neon gas at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. A broadband continuum XUV spectrum in the cut-off region is demonstrated when the CE phase is shifted to about zero, rather than modulated spectral harmonics when setting of CE phase is nonzero. The results show the generation of isolated attosecond XUV pulses.     

5fs驱动激光脉冲的高次谐波选择性优化

研究了在紧聚焦实验条件下, 采用5 fs激光脉冲与氩气相互作用产生的高次谐波特性. 通过优化系统色散、气体靶气压与位置等参数, 观察到在60–73 eV波段范围内高次谐波光谱接近一个量级的增强. 进一步通过对单原子模型和传播方程的数值求解及模拟相位匹配实验参数下高次谐波的产生过程, 发现相位匹配在所观察到的实验现象中起着关键作用, 得到了理论上与实验规律一致的结果. 关键词： 极紫外激光 高次谐波 超快光谱     

Long-Term Stabilization of Carrier-Envelope Phase for Few Cycles Ti：Sapphire Laser Amplifier

We realize a long-term carrier-envelope phase （CEP） stabilization for a chirped pulse amplified Ti：sapphire laser by locking the oscillator and amplifier independently. Based on the measurement of CEP by employing f-to-2f interference technique between the octave-spanning spectrum which is generated from a rare gas filled hollow fiber, continuous locking time up to 7.2 h with 85 mrad fluctuation is demonstrated. Finely compensating the dispersion by a set of chirped mirrors, quasi-mono cycle pulses as shorter as 3.8 fs are obtained. Further experimental research on high harmonic generation dependence on CEP shown the waveform of laser pulses has been successfully controlled.     

High-order harmonics generation by few-cycle and multi-cycle femtosecond laser pulses

This paper investigates experimentally high-order harmonic generation(HHG) of neon gas with 5-fs and 25-fs driving laser pulses.It has been demonstrated that the cutoff energy of the harmonic extreme ultraviolet photons is extended to 131 eV and the HHG spectrum near the cutoff region becomes continuum as the driving laser pulse duration is 5 fs;whereas much lower cutoff photon energy and discrete harmonic spectrum near the cutoff region are presented as the laser pulse duration is 25 fs.The results can be explained by the fact that neutral atoms can be exposed to more intense laser field before they are depleted by ionization because of the extremely short rising time of the few-cycle pulse.The 5-fs driving laser pulse paves the way of generation of coherent x-ray in the water window and single attosecond pulse.