GENERATION OF A SINGLE ATTOSECOND X-RAY PULSE

Citation
Vt. Platonenko et Vv. Strelkov, GENERATION OF A SINGLE ATTOSECOND X-RAY PULSE, Quantum electronics, 28(9), 1998, pp. 749-750
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
ISSN journal
10637818
Volume
28
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
749 - 750
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(1998)28:9<749:GOASAX>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The feasibility of generating a single attosecond x-ray pulse is demon strated. This can be achieved by generating high-order harmonics of a light pulse with a variable ellipticity and a relative spectral width Delta omega/omega approximate to 0.04, A way is proposed for generatin g such a pulse by linear optical methods from a linearly polarised ban dwidth-limited laser pulse. An attosecond x-ray pulse generated from s uch a laser pulse may then be separated in the far-field diffraction z one from the overall field by a system of apertures.