2018 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2018

Waveform control for attoscience in condensed matter (I)

11 Jun 2018, 11:15

30m

SUB 224 (cap.50) (Dalhousie University)

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e) Condensed Matter and Materials Physics / Physique de la matière condensée et matériaux (DCMMP-DPMCM) M1-1 Ultrafast EM waves I: Materials Science (DAMOPC/DCMMP) | Ondes EM ultrarapides I: Sciences des matériaux (DPAMPC/DPMCM)

Speaker

Dr TJ Hammond (University of Ottawa)

Description

We create and control intense transient waveforms by compressing in space and time optical pulses down to a single half-cycle, nearly 1 femtosecond (1 fs = ${10}^{-15}$ s) in duration. By measuring the optical waveform using an in-situ attosecond (1 as = ${10}^{-18}$ s) technique we confirm the pulse reshaping. We use the intense transient as a source for generating isolated attosecond pulses from both gases and condensed matter. Furthermore, we develop a general single-shot technique to directly and in real-time measure electric field waveforms.