The Generation of Circularly Polarized Isolated Attosecond Pulses with Tunable Helicity from CO Molecules in Polarization Gating Laser Fields

Autor: Shiju Chen, Hua Yuan, Feng Wang, Jiahang Song, Yue Zhao, Chunhui Yang, Tianxin Ou, Ru Zhang, Qiang Chang, Yuping Sun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Photonics, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 464 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2304-6732
DOI: 10.3390/photonics11050464
Popis: We theoretically demonstrate a scheme to generate circularly polarized (CP) isolated attosecond pulses (IAPs) with tunable helicity using a polarization gating laser field interacting with the CO molecule. The results show that a broadband CP supercontinuum is produced from the oriented CO molecule, which supports the generation of an IAP with an ellipticity of 0.98 and a duration of 90 as. Furthermore, the helicity of the generated harmonics and IAP can be effectively controlled by modulating the laser field and the orientation angle of the CO molecule. Our method will advance research on chiral-specific dynamics and magnetic circular dichroism on the attosecond timescale.
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