53-attosecond X-ray pulses reach the carbon K-edge

Jie Li; Xiaoming Ren; Yanchun Yin; Kun Zhao; Andrew Chew; Yan Cheng; Eric Cunningham; Yang Wang; Shuyuan Hu; Yi Wu; Michael Chini; Zenghu Chang

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00321-0

Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

53-attosecond X-ray pulses reach the carbon K-edge

Jie Li,
Xiaoming Ren,
Yanchun Yin,
Kun Zhao,
Andrew Chew,
Yan Cheng,
Eric Cunningham,
Yang Wang,
Shuyuan Hu,
Yi Wu,
Michael Chini,
Zenghu Chang

Affiliations

Jie Li: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Xiaoming Ren: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Yanchun Yin: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Kun Zhao: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Andrew Chew: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Yan Cheng: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Eric Cunningham: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Yang Wang: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Shuyuan Hu: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Yi Wu: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida
Michael Chini: Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
Zenghu Chang: Institute for the Frontier of Attosecond Science and Technology, CREOL, University of Central Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00321-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Isolated attosecond pulses are produced using high harmonic generation and sources of these pulses often suffer from low photon flux in soft X-ray regime. Here the authors demonstrate efficient generation and characterization of 53 as pulses with photon energy near the water window.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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