title: Waveform-controlled near-single-cycle milli-joule laser pulses generate sub-10 nm extreme ultraviolet continua.
abstract: We demonstrate the generation of waveform-controlled laser pulses with 1 mJ pulse energy and a full-width-half-maximum duration of ∼4  fs, therefore lasting less than two cycles of the electric field oscillating at their carrier frequency. The laser source is carrier-envelope-phase stabilized and used as the backbone of a kHz repetition rate source of high-harmonic continua with unprecedented flux at photon energies between 100 and 200 eV (corresponding to a wavelength range between 12-6 nm respectively). In combination we use these tools for the complete temporal characterization of the laser pulses via attosecond streaking spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany. wolfgang.schweinberger@mpq.mpg.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schweinberger
authors.forename: Annkatrin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bothschafter
authors.forename: Jiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krausz
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kienberger
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schultze
mesh_terms: D006371:Helium / Q000737:chemistry; D007834:Lasers; D017785:Photons; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D006371:Helium