Radiation properties of high-order harmonic generation for the measurements of femto- and attosecond X-ray pulses

Radiation properties of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) are calculated for atoms in a strong laser field. The laser-duration dependence and the carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) dependence of HHG radiation properties are presented. The CEP dependence of the pure single distribution pulse of HHG radiation properties shows interesting 180A degrees periodic structures. The quantum enhancement of the laser-assisted photo-ionization by femtosecond (1 fs=10(-15) s) and attosecond (1 as=10(-18) s) X-ray pulses and the interference patterns of photo-electron energy spectra are theoretically investigated. Transfer equations are presented for pulse reconstructions. The theoretical root-mean-square time (energy) differences of attosecond pulse reconstructions with different durations are less than 2 as (0.8 eV). These methods may be developed as basic techniques to access ultra-fast measurements and molecular movie.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000267669100009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Multidisciplinary SciencesSCI(E)0ARTICLE132205-22165