Tabletop nonlinear optics in the 100-ev spectral region

B. Bergues, D. E. Rivas, M. Weidman, A. A. Muschet, W. Helml, A. Guggenmos, V. Pervak, U. Kleineberg, G. Marcus, R. Kienberger, D. Charalambidis, P. Tzallas, H. Schröder, F. Krausz, L. Veisz*

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Abstract

Nonlinear light-matter interactions in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) are a prerequisite to perform XUV-pump/XUVprobe spectroscopy of core electrons. Such interactions are now routinely investigated at free-electron laser (FEL) facilities. Yet, electron dynamics are often too fast to be captured with the femtosecond resolution of state-of-theart FELs. Attosecond pulses from laser-driven XUV-sources offer the necessary temporal resolution. However, intense attosecond pulses supporting nonlinear processes have only been available for photon energy below 50 eV, precluding XUV-pump/XUV-probe investigation of typical inner-shell processes. Here, we surpass this limitation by demonstrating two-photon absorption from inner electronic shells of xenon at photon energies around 93 eV and 115 eV. This advance opens the door for attosecond real-time observation of nonlinear electron dynamics deep inside atoms.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)237-242
Number of pages6
JournalOptica
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Mar 2018

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding. Project Transregio TR18, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Munich Centre for Advanced Photonics (MAP); Euratom research and training program 2014-2018, FP7 Fusion Energy Research (EURATOM-FUSION) within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium (633053); H2020 European Research Council (ERC); Laserlab-Europe (MPQ002119).

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© 2018 Optical Society of America.

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