Femtosecond streaking in ambient air

Korobenko A, Johnston K, Kubullek M, Arissian L, Dube Z, Wang T, Kubel M, Naumov AY, Villeneuve DM, Kling MF, Corkum PB, Staudte A, Bergues B (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Optica Optical Society of America

Book Volume: 7

Pages Range: 1372-1376

Journal Issue: 10

DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.398846

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel method to measure the temporal electric field evolution of ultrashort laser pulses. Our technique is based on the detection of transient currents in air plasma. These directional currents result from subcycle ionization of air with a short pump pulse and the steering of the released electrons with the pulse to be sampled. We assess the validity of our approach by comparing it with different state-of-the-art laser-pulse characterization techniques. Notably, our method works in ambient air and facilitates a direct measurement of the field waveform, which can be viewed in real time on an oscilloscope in a similar way as a radio frequency signal.

Involved external institutions

Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory (JASLab) CA Canada (CA) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Korobenko, A., Johnston, K., Kubullek, M., Arissian, L., Dube, Z., Wang, T.,... Bergues, B. (2020). Femtosecond streaking in ambient air. Optica, 7(10), 1372-1376. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.398846

MLA:

Korobenko, Aleksey, et al. "Femtosecond streaking in ambient air." Optica 7.10 (2020): 1372-1376.

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