posted on 2023-10-11, 09:04authored byMatthias Kübel, Sebastian Hell, Apurba Manna, Matthias Awad, Bo Ying, Levente Abrók, Zsolt Diveki, Eric Cormier, Balint Kiss, Jan Böhmer, Carsten Ronning, Seung Han, Antony George, Andrey Turchanin, Adrian Pfeiffer
We demonstrate high-harmonic generation for the time-domain observation of the electric field (HHG-TOE) and use it to measure the waveform of ultrashort mid-infrared (MIR) laser pulses interacting with ZnO thin-films or WS$_2$ monolayers. The working principle relies on perturbing HHG in solids with a weak replica of the pump pulse. We measure the duration of few-cycle pulses at 3100\,nm, in reasonable agreement with the results of established pulse characterization techniques. Our method provides a straightforward approach to accurately characterize femtosecond laser pulses used for HHG experiments right at the point of interaction.
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European Regional Development Fund (GINOP-2.3.6-15-2015-00001); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC 1375 ("NOA"),Emmy Noether project no. 437321733)