Novel solid state / fiber / diode lasers and applications (4)

[ALPS12-01(Invited)] Attosecond Science with Intense Infrared Sources for Soft X-ray and Condensed Matter

Takayuki Kurihara¹, Tianqi Yang¹, Tomoya Mizuno¹, Nobuhisa Ishii², Takashige Fujiwara³, Teruto Kanai¹, *Jiro Itatani¹ (1. The University of Tokyo, 2. Kansai Institute for Photon Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, 3. Riken Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN)

Phase-stable intense infrared sources are developed to produce soft x-ray attosecond pulses, and ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy is demonstrated at 400 eV. Mid-infrared sources are also developed to study strong field-driven phenomena in condensed matter.