title: Infrared two-color multicycle laser field synthesis for generating an intense attosecond pulse.
abstract: We propose and demonstrate the generation of a continuum high-order harmonic spectrum by mixing multicycle two-color (TC) laser fields with the aim of obtaining an intense isolated attosecond pulse. By optimizing the wavelength of a supplementary infrared pulse in a TC field, a continuum harmonic spectrum was created around the cutoff region without carrier-envelope phase stabilization. The obtained harmonic spectra clearly show the possibility of generating isolated attosecond pulses from a multicycle TC laser field, which is generated by an 800 nm, 30 fs pulse mixed with a 1300 nm, 40 fs pulse. Our proposed method enables us not only to relax the requirements for the pump pulse duration but also to reduce ionization of the harmonic medium. This concept opens the door to create an intense isolated attosecond pulse using a conventional femtosecond laser system.
authors.affiliation: Extreme Photonics Research Group, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. ejtak@riken.jp
authors.forename: Eiji J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Oliver D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Mücke
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nabekawa
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Midorikawa