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Generation of attosecond pulses with ellipticity-modulated fundamental

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We have studied experimentally and theoretically high-order harmonic generation using a laser field with a time-dependent ellipticity. We show that the harmonic emission can be confined into a narrow temporal window, in which the fundamental polarization is quasi-linear. This allows a single attosecond pulse (200 as) with a fundamental field obtained from 10 fs pulse to be generated.

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    V. Strelkov, A. Zair, O. Tcherbakoff, E. Cormier, E. Mével & E. Constant

  2. Department of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden

    R. López-Martens

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Strelkov, V., Zair, A., Tcherbakoff, O. et al. Generation of attosecond pulses with ellipticity-modulated fundamental. Appl Phys B 78, 879–884 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1460-3

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