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Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 083901 (2006) [4 pages]

Conclusive Evidence of an Attosecond Pulse Train Observed with the Mode-Resolved Autocorrelation Technique

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Yasuo Nabekawa1,*, Toshihiko Shimizu1, Tomoya Okino2,1, Kentaro Furusawa1, Hirokazu Hasegawa1, Kaoru Yamanouchi2,1, and Katsumi Midorikawa1
1RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
2Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Received 16 November 2005; published 27 February 2006

We report on the direct observation of an attosecond pulse train with a mode-resolved autocorrelation technique. The chirp among the three harmonic fields is specified by analyzing two-photon above-threshold ionization spectra of electrons, resulting in a pulse duration that should be shorter than 450 as, which is, to our knowledge, the first determination of the chirp in the attosecond pulse train with an autocorrelation technique. These results will open the way to full characterization of an attosecond pulse train with its envelope.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.083901
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.083901
PACS:
42.65.Re, 32.80.Fb, 42.65.Ky

*Electronic address: nabekawa@riken.jp