Density-dependent carrier-envelope phase shift in attosecond pulse generation from relativistically oscillating mirrors

Zagidullin Rishat; Tietze Stefan; Zepf Matt; Wang Jingwei; Rykovanov Sergey

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Zagidullin Rishat, Tietze Stefan, Zepf Matt, Wang Jingwei, Rykovanov Sergey. Density-dependent carrier-envelope phase shift in attosecond pulse generation from relativistically oscillating mirrors[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(6): 064004. doi: 10.1063/5.0155957

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Zagidullin Rishat, Tietze Stefan, Zepf Matt, Wang Jingwei, Rykovanov Sergey. Density-dependent carrier-envelope phase shift in attosecond pulse generation from relativistically oscillating mirrors[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(6): 064004. doi: 10.1063/5.0155957

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Zagidullin Rishat, Tietze Stefan, Zepf Matt, Wang Jingwei, Rykovanov Sergey. Density-dependent carrier-envelope phase shift in attosecond pulse generation from relativistically oscillating mirrors[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(6): 064004. doi: 10.1063/5.0155957

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Density-dependent carrier-envelope phase shift in attosecond pulse generation from relativistically oscillating mirrors

doi: 10.1063/5.0155957

Zagidullin Rishat^{1
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Tietze Stefan^{2, 3},
Zepf Matt^{2, 3},
Wang Jingwei^{4
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Rykovanov Sergey^{1
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Center for AI Technologies, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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Helmholtz-Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Ultra-Intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: zagidullinrishat@gmail.com
Received Date: 2023-04-25
Accepted Date: 2023-08-21

Available Online: 2023-11-01

Publish Date: 2023-11-01

Abstract

Abstract

The carrier-envelope phase (CEP) φ₀ is one of the key parameters in the generation of isolated attosecond pulses. In particular, “cosine” pulses (φ₀ = 0) are best suited for generation of single attosecond pulses in atomic media. Such “cosine” pulses have the peak of the most intense cycle aligned with the peak of the pulse envelope, and therefore have the highest contrast between the peak intensity and the neighboring cycles. In this paper, the dynamics of single attosecond pulse generation from a relativistically oscillating plasma mirror is investigated. We use an elementary analytical model as well as particle-in-cell simulations to study few-cycle attosecond pulses. We find that the phase of the field driving the surface oscillations depends on the plasma density and preplasma scale length. This leads us to a counterintuitive conclusion: for the case of normal incidence and a sharp plasma–vacuum boundary, the CEP required for the generation of a single attosecond pulse phase is closer to φ₀ = π/2 (a “sine” pulse), with the exact value depending on the plasma parameters.

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The authors have no conflicts to disclose.
Author Contributions
Rishat Zagidullin: Software (equal); Validation (equal). Stefan Tietze: Visualization (equal); Writing – original draft (equal). M. Zepf: Conceptualization (equal); Formal analysis (equal); Methodology (equal). Jingwei Wang: Conceptualization (equal); Formal analysis (equal); Methodology (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal). Sergey G. Rykovanov: Conceptualization (equal); Formal analysis (equal); Methodology (equal); Writing – review & editing (equal).
Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study. Simulation and visualization scripts are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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