title: Tunable frequency-controlled isolated attosecond pulses characterized by either 750 nm or 400 nm wavelength streak fields.
abstract: A compact and robust Mach-Zehnder type interferometer coupled with the double optical gating technique provides tunable isolated attosecond pulses and streak field detection with fields centered at either 750 nm or 400 nm. Isolated attosecond pulses produced at 45 eV (with measured pulse duration of 114 ± 4 as) and 20 eV (with measured pulse duration of 395 ± 6 as) are temporally characterized with a 750 nm wavelength streak field. In addition, an isolated 118 ± 10 as pulse at 45 eV is measured with a 400 nm wavelength streak field. The interferometer design used herein provides broad flexibility for attosecond streak experiments, allowing pump and probe pulses to be specified independently. This capability is important for studying selected electronic transitions in atoms and molecules.
authors.affiliation: Ultrafast X-ray Science Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. hmashiko@lbl.gov
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mashiko
authors.forename: M Justine
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Annelise R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: Colby P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Neumark
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008904:Miniaturization; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*