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Manipulating intense XUV coherent light in the temporal domain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2004

H. MERDJI
Affiliation:
Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, CEA-DSM-DRECAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
J.-F. HERGOTT
Affiliation:
Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, CEA-DSM-DRECAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
M. KOVACEV
Affiliation:
Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, CEA-DSM-DRECAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
E. PRIORI
Affiliation:
Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, CEA-DSM-DRECAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
P. SALIÈRES
Affiliation:
Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, CEA-DSM-DRECAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
B. CARRÉ
Affiliation:
Service des Photons, Atomes et Molécules, CEA-DSM-DRECAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Abstract

In this article, we demonstrate the generation of four phase-locked harmonic pulses separated in time using frequency-domain interferometry. The spectra present a high sensitivity to a change of the relative phase on an attosecond time scale. The spectral resolution and the control of this relative phase could be used to perform high resolution measurements.

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Research Article
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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