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Time-frequency characterization of high-order harmonic pulses

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We present energy-resolved cross-correlation measurements of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses generated as high harmonics of femtosecond pulses from a 1 kHz titanium-sapphire laser. The harmonic pulses are probed by a fraction of the fundamental laser pulse at 800 nm, in a noncollinear geometry, allowing us to vary independently the parameters of the harmonic pump and near-infrared probe pulses. We measure the so-called “sidebands” in the photoelectron spectrum of argon corresponding to the absorption of a harmonic photon plus or minus one probe photon. Spectrally resolving the cross-correlation signal allows us to characterize the time-dependent frequency of the XUV pulse.

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  1. Department of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 118, 221 00, Lund, Sweden

    R. López-Martens, J. Mauritsson, A. Johansson, J. Norin & A. L’Huillier

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Received: 20 December 2002, Published online: 24 April 2003

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42.65.Ky Harmonic generation, frequency conversion

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López-Martens, R., Mauritsson, J., Johansson, A. et al. Time-frequency characterization of high-order harmonic pulses. Eur. Phys. J. D 26, 105–109 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00085-9

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