title: Generating single attosecond pulse using multi-cycle lasers in a polarization gate.
abstract: We analyze the macroscopic effects which are responsible for producing clean isolated pulses lasting few hundreds of attoseconds when starting from multi-cycle fundamental pulses. In particular, we consider a polarization gating scheme and show that, at high fundamental peak intensities, in the range 0.7-1 PWcm(-2), it usually produces three-four main attosecond pulses of radiation at single dipole level, just located in the leading edge of the laser pulse. We describe the physical mechanisms contributing to the formation of a single attosecond pulse by using a three dimensional non-adiabatic model and a quantum trajectory phase calculation. An analysis of the scheme optimization and stability against various parameters is performed in view of an experimental scheme implementation.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Donath str. 65-103, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. tosa@itim-cj.ro
authors.forename: Valer
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tosa
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Altucci
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Velotta
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity