Phase cycling of extreme ultraviolet pulse sequences generated in rare gases

Abstract

The development of schemes for coherent nonlinear time-domain spectroscopy in the extreme-ultraviolet regime (XUV) has so far been impeded by experimental difficulties that arise at these short wavelengths. In this work we present a novel experimental approach, which facilitates the timing control and phase cycling of XUV pulse sequences produced by harmonic generation in rare gases. The method is demonstrated for the generation and high spectral resolution characterization of narrow-bandwidth harmonics ($\approx 14$eV) in argon and krypton. Our technique simultaneously provides high phase stability and a pathway-selective detection scheme for nonlinear signals - both necessary prerequisites for all types of coherent nonlinear spectroscopy.

This is the accepted version of the article. The Version of Record is available online at 10.1088/1367-2630/abb43a

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