Measurement of the subcycle timing of attosecond XUV bursts in high-harmonic generation

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Aug 8;91(6):063901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.063901. Epub 2003 Aug 4.

Abstract

The absolute timing of the high-harmonic attosecond pulse train with respect to the generating IR pump cycle has been measured for the first time. The attosecond pulses occur 190+/-20 as after each pump field maxima (twice per optical cycle), in agreement with the "short" quantum path of the quasiclassical model of harmonic generation.