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Two-XUV-Photon Processes: A Key Instrument in Attosecond Pulse Metrology and Time Domain Applications

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Attosecond pulses today are generated at pulse energies leading to intensities sufficient to induce two-photon transitions in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral region. Recently, ultra-broadband coherent XUV continua fulfill also the requirements in inducing such processes. Two-XUV-photon ionization is a pivotal tool in attosecond pulse metrology, as well as for XUV-pump-XUV-probe applications targeting the tracking of ultrafast dynamics, providing at the same time spatial selectivity.Based on these developments, this chapter (a) reviews approaches leading to high intensities of attosecond pulse trains and coherent XUV continua; (b) reviews metrology approaches based on two-XUV-photon ionization, showing their importance through comparative studies with existing XUV-IR cross-correlation approaches; and (c) reports the feasibility of XUV-pump-XUV-probe applications at the 1fs resolution level, in an experiment, where atomic coherence is induced in a rich manifold of doubly excited and inner-shell excited autoionizing states, the evolution of which is tracked through double ionization.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported in part by the European Commission programmes ULF, ALADIN (Grant Agreement No. 228334), ATTOFEL (Grant Agreement No. 238362), FASTQUAST (PITN-GA-2008-214962), ELI-PP (Grant Agreement No. 212105) and FLUX program (Contract No. PIAPP-GA-2008-218053) of the 7th FP. We thank G. Konstantinidis and A. Kostopoulos for their assistance in developing special optical components. L.A.A.N. acknowledges support from COST CM0702 action and ICHEC at Dublin.

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  1. Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, 1527, GR-71110, Heraklion (Crete), Greece

    P. Tzallas, J. Kruse, E. Skantzakis & D. Charalambidis

  2. Department of Physics, University of Crete, 2208, GR71003, Heraklion (Crete), Greece

    J. Kruse, E. Skantzakis & D. Charalambidis

  3. School of Physical Science, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland

    L. A. A. Nikolopoulos

  4. Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748, Garching, Germany

    G. D. Tsakiris

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Tzallas, P., Kruse, J., Skantzakis, E., Nikolopoulos, L.A.A., Tsakiris, G.D., Charalambidis, D. (2012). Two-XUV-Photon Processes: A Key Instrument in Attosecond Pulse Metrology and Time Domain Applications. In: Yamanouchi, K., Nisoli, M., Hill, W. (eds) Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VIII. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 103. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28726-8_5

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