Koehler, J.; Wollenhaupt, M.; Bayer, T.; Sarpe, C. & Baumert, T.
(2011):
Zeptosecond precision pulse shaping.
In: OPTICS EXPRESS,
Ausgabe/Number: 12,
Vol. 19,
Verlag/Publisher: OPTICAL SOC AMER.
Erscheinungsjahr/Year: 2011.
Seiten/Pages: {11638-11653}.
[Kurzfassung] [BibTeX]
[Endnote]
We investigate the temporal precision in the generation of ultrashort
laser pulse pairs by pulse shaping techniques. To this end, we combine a
femtosecond polarization pulse shaper with a polarizer and employ two
linear spectral phase masks to mimic an ultrastable common-path
interferometer. In an all-optical experiment we study the interference
signal resulting from two temporally delayed pulses. Our results show a
2 sigma-precision of 300 zs = 300 x 10(-21) s in pulse-to-pulse delay.
The standard deviation of the mean is 11 zs. The obtained precision
corresponds to a variation of the arm's length in conventional delay
stage based interferometers of 0.45 angstrom. We apply these precisely
generated pulse pairs to a strong-field quantum control experiment.
Coherent control of ultrafast electron dynamics via photon locking by
temporal phase discontinuities on a few attosecond timescale is
demonstrated. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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title = {Zeptosecond precision pulse shaping},
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abstract = {We investigate the temporal precision in the generation of ultrashort laser pulse pairs by pulse shaping techniques. To this end, we combine a femtosecond polarization pulse shaper with a polarizer and employ two linear spectral phase masks to mimic an ultrastable common-path interferometer. In an all-optical experiment we study the interference signal resulting from two temporally delayed pulses. Our results show a 2 sigma-precision of 300 zs = 300 x 10(-21) s in pulse-to-pulse delay. The standard deviation of the mean is 11 zs. The obtained precision corresponds to a variation of the arm's length in conventional delay stage based interferometers of 0.45 angstrom. We apply these precisely generated pulse pairs to a strong-field quantum control experiment. Coherent control of ultrafast electron dynamics via photon locking by temporal phase discontinuities on a few attosecond timescale is demonstrated. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America}
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