Project/Area Number |
25790063
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Optical engineering, Photon science
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Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
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Keywords | アト秒パルス発生 / 軟X線高調波 / 超高速軟X線分光 / 赤外光パラメトリックチャープパルス増幅器 / 軟X線アト秒パルス / 高次高調波 / アト秒 / 軟X線 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research, we have developed and applied an optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier, which is capable of delivering 0.55 mJ, 10 fs infrared pulses with a repetition rate of 1 kHz at 1600 nm to generate high harmonics in the water window. The spectra of soft x-ray radiation exhibit the clear dependence on the electric waveform of the sub-two-cycle infrared pulses. The cutoff of soft x-ray harmonics reaches 325 eV, which is well beyond the carbon K edge. The waveform dependence indicates the generation of isolated attosecond soft x-ray pulses. Furthermore, we have upgrade the parametric amplifier and the millijoule infrared pulses from the upgraded light source generate bright soft x-ray radiation at the carbon K edge. This yield enhancement is necessary for the characterization of the attosecond soft x-ray pulses based on time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy and the demonstration ultrafast soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy, which we are working on.
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