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Controlling Plasmonic Field Within Two-Color Laser Using Metallic Nanostructure for Isolated Attosecond Pulse Generation

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We have proposed a metallic dipole-ellipsoid-bagel nanostructure, which could effectively control the enhanced plasmonic fields within two-color laser for producing isolated attosecond pulses. This nanostructure enables the multiple resonances leading to broad overall bandwidth, which benefits high harmonic generation (HHG) and the production of isolated attosecond pulses via enhanced plasmonic field. The nanostructure could enhance the field intensity exceed 103 in the volume of 10 × 5 × 5 nm3. The isolated attosecond pulse with a duration of 155 as is obtained in the two-color 15-fs incidence. This nanostructure would benefit for the application of the ultra-sensitive multi-color sensor and isolated attosecond pulses generation.

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This research has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61308033, 61205133, 61308032, and 51205380), National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2014AA032607), Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. yz201302), and Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of All-Solid-State Lasers Advanced Manufacturing.

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  1. Laboratory of All Solid State Light Sources, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Ying-Ying Yang, Ling Zhang & Xue-Chun Lin

  2. Department of Physics, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, 432000, People’s Republic of China

    Qian-Guang Li

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Yang, YY., Li, QG., Zhang, L. et al. Controlling Plasmonic Field Within Two-Color Laser Using Metallic Nanostructure for Isolated Attosecond Pulse Generation. Plasmonics 11, 17–22 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-015-0010-7

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