All optical method for measuring the carrier envelope phase from half-cycle cutoffs

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/7/074206

Abstract An all optical method is demonstrated for measuring the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of few-cycle laser pulses. It is found that, in the few-cycle regime, the high harmonic spectrum generated from asymmetric molecules shows several half-cycle cutoffs that change their positions as the CEP varies. Such half-cycle cutoffs represent the fingerprint of different quantum trajectories and the waveform of the driving pulse. In this case, the CEP can be accurately measured from the half-cycle cutoffs.

Keywords: high harmonic generation carrier-envelope phase measurement

Received: 08 September 2013
Revised: 28 November 2013
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PACS:	42.65.Ky	(Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation)
	42.65.Re	(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)
	42.65.-k	(Nonlinear optics)

Fund: Project supported by the Key Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 211117) and the Foundation of Hubei Co-innovation Center for Utilization of Biomass Waste, China (Grant No. XTCX004).

Corresponding Authors: Li Qian-Guang
E-mail: liqianguang@126.com

About author: 42.65.Ky; 42.65.Re; 42.65.-k

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Li Qian-Guang (李钱光), Chen Huan (陈欢), Zhang Xiu (张秀), Yi Xu-Nong (易煦农) All optical method for measuring the carrier envelope phase from half-cycle cutoffs 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 074206

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