Solid-state light-phase detector

Paasch-Colberg, Tim; Schiffrin, Augustin; Karpowicz, Nicholas; Kruchinin, Stanislav; Sağlam, Özge; Keiber, Sabine; Razskazovskaya, Olga; Mühlbrandt, Sascha; Alnaser, Ali; Kübel, Matthias; Apalkov, Vadym; Gerster, Daniel; Reichert, Joachim; Wittmann, Tibor; Barth, Johannes V.; Stockman, Mark I.; Ernstorfer, Ralph; Yakovlev, Vladislav S.; Kienberger, Reinhard; Krausz, Ferenc

doi:10.1038/nphoton.2013.348

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Solid-state light-phase detector

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Paasch-Colberg, Tim
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Schiffrin, Augustin
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Karpowicz, Nicholas
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Kruchinin, Stanislav
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Keiber, Sabine
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Razskazovskaya, Olga
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Mühlbrandt, Sascha
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Alnaser, Ali
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;
Physics Department, POB2666 American University of Sharjah-Sharjah;
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, King Saud University;

Kübel, Matthias
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;

Wittmann, Tibor
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;
Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität;

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Ernstorfer, Ralph
Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

Yakovlev, Vladislav S.
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;
Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität;

Kienberger, Reinhard
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;
Physik-Department, Technische Universität München;

Krausz, Ferenc
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Max Planck Society;
Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität;

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Paasch-Colberg, T., Schiffrin, A., Karpowicz, N., Kruchinin, S., Sağlam, Ö., Keiber, S., et al. (2014). Solid-state light-phase detector. Nature Photonics, 8(3), 214-218. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2013.348.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0015-3FEE-4

Abstract

Attosecond science relies on the use of intense, waveform-controlled, few-cycle laser pulses to control extreme nonlinear optical processes taking place within a fraction of an optical period. A number of techniques are available for retrieving the amplitude envelope and chirp of such few-cycle laser pulses. However, their full characterization requires detection of the absolute offset between the rapidly oscillating carrier wave and the pulse envelope, the carrier–envelope phase (CEP). So far, this has only been feasible with photoelectron spectroscopy, relying on complex vacuum set-ups. Here, we present a technique that enables the detection of the CEP of few-cycle laser pulses under ambient conditions. This is based on the CEP-dependence of directly measurable electric currents generated by the electric field of light in a metal–dielectric–metal nanojunction. The device holds promise for routine measurement and monitoring of the CEP in attosecond laboratories.