Generation of an isolated attosecond pulse from aligned molecules via laser synthesis

A laser synthesis scheme via the superposition of single-color and hyper-Gaussian pulses is proposed, and the synthesized laser pulse is adopted to interact with pre-aligned molecules for the production of an isolated attosecond pulse (IAP). The numerical results based on strong-field approximation disclose that the proposed scheme is efficient for the generation of an IAP under suitable hyper-Gaussian parameters, and the intensity of an IAP is sensitive to molecular pre-alignment angles, and thus an optimal set of hyper-Gaussian parameters and pre-alignment angles can support the strongest IAP.

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The proposed laser synthesis scheme combines single-color and hyper-Gaussian pulses to generate an isolated attosecond pulse (IAP) through interacting with pre-aligned molecules. Numerical results show that under certain hyper-Gaussian parameters, the scheme efficiently produces an IAP, with sensitivity to molecular pre-alignment angles. Optimal hyper-Gaussian parameters and pre-alignment angles can support the generation of the strongest IAP.