Attosecond Two-Slit Interference Controlled by Carrier-Envelope Phase

Mahendra M. Shakya, Steve M. Gilbertson, Hiroki Mashiko, Christopher M. Nakamura,
Chengquan Li, Eric Moon, Zuoliang Duan, Jason Tackett, Zenghu Chang
J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

High harmonics generation was polarization gated with few-cycle laser pulses to produce two attosecond pulses with 104 XUV photons.The spectrum interference of the two pulses is affected by the carrier-envelope phase like in Young’s experiments.

This work was supported by the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, and by the National Science Foundation.

Presented at CLEO/QELS, May 2007 in Baltimore, MD.

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