Vectorial optical field reconstruction by attosecond spatial interferometry

Carpeggiani PA, Reduzzi M, Comby A, Ahmadi H, Kuehn S, Calegari F, Nisoli M, Frassetto F, Poletto L, Hoff D, Ullrich J, Schroeter CD, Moshammer R, Paulus GG, Sansone G (2017)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Nature Photonics Nature Publishing Group

Book Volume: 11

Pages Range: 383-389

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2017.73

Abstract

An electrical pulse E(t) is defined completely by its time-dependent amplitude and polarization direction. For optical pulses the manipulation and characterization of the light polarization state is fundamental because of its relevance in several scientific and technological fields. In this work, we demonstrate the complete temporal reconstruction of the electric field of few-cycle pulses with a complex time-dependent polarization. Our experimental approach is based on extreme ultraviolet interferometry with isolated attosecond pulses and on the demonstration that the motion of an attosecond electron wave packet is sensitive to perturbing fields only along the direction of its motion. By exploiting the sensitivity of interferometric techniques and by controlling the emission and acceleration direction of the wave packet, pulses with energies as low as a few hundreds of nanojoules can be reconstructed. Our approach reveals the possibility to characterize completely the electric field of the pulses typically used in visible pump-probe spectroscopy.

Involved external institutions

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena DE Germany (DE) Politecnico di Milano IT Italy (IT) ELI-HU Research and Development Non-Profit / ELI-ALPS HU Hungary (HU) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY DE Germany (DE) Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (CNR-IFN) / Institute for photonics and nanotechnologies IT Italy (IT) Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) DE Germany (DE) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Carpeggiani, P.A., Reduzzi, M., Comby, A., Ahmadi, H., Kuehn, S., Calegari, F.,... Sansone, G. (2017). Vectorial optical field reconstruction by attosecond spatial interferometry. Nature Photonics, 11(6), 383-389. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2017.73

MLA:

Carpeggiani, Paolo Antonio, et al. "Vectorial optical field reconstruction by attosecond spatial interferometry." Nature Photonics 11.6 (2017): 383-389.

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