2013/12/05 by Michael Chini, Kun Zhao, Chini, Michael +3
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications #Optics (physics.optics) #physics.atom-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1312.1679
arxiv created 2013/12/05 · openalex publication_date 2013/12/05 · arxiv updated 2013/12/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The generation of the shortest isolated attosecond pulses requires both broad spectral bandwidth and control of the spectral phase. Rapid progress has been made in both aspects, leading to the generation of the world-record-shortest 67 as light pulses in 2012, and broadband attosecond continua covering a wide range of extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray wavelengths. Such pulses have been successfully applied in photoelectron/photoion spectroscopy and the recently developed attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to study electron dynamics in matter. In this Review, we discuss the significant recent advancement in the generation, characterization, and application of ultrabroadband isolated attosecond pulses with spectral bandwidth comparable to the central frequency, which can in principle be compressed to a single optical cycle.