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Measurement and control of the frequency chirp rate of high-order harmonic pulses

Mauritsson, Johan LU orcid ; Johnsson, Per LU orcid ; Lopez, Rodrigo LU ; Varju, Katalin LU ; Kornelis, W ; Biegert, J ; Keller, U ; Gaarde, MB ; Schafer, KJ and L'Huillier, Anne LU orcid (2004) In Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) 70(2).
Abstract
We measure the chirp rate of harmonics 13 to 23 in argon by cross correlation with a 12 femtosecond probe pulse. Under low ionization conditions, we directly measure the negative chirp due to the atomic dipole phase, and show that an additional chirp on the pump pulse is transferred to the qth harmonic as q times the fundamental chirp. Our results are in accord with simulations using the experimentally measured 815 nm pump and probe pulses. The ability to measure and manipulate the harmonic chirp rate is essential for the characterization and optimization of attosecond pulse trains.
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Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
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70
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021801
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American Physical Society
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1050-2947
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10.1103/PhysRevA.70.021801
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English
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  author       = {{Mauritsson, Johan and Johnsson, Per and Lopez, Rodrigo and Varju, Katalin and Kornelis, W and Biegert, J and Keller, U and Gaarde, MB and Schafer, KJ and L'Huillier, Anne}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)}},
  title        = {{Measurement and control of the frequency chirp rate of high-order harmonic pulses}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2619659/2370408.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevA.70.021801}},
  volume       = {{70}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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