Efficient generation of Bessel-Gauss attosecond pulse trains via nonadiabatic phase-matched high-order harmonics

Mingxuan Li; Xiangyu Tang; Huiyong Wang; Jialong Li; Wentao Wang; Jiaao Cai; Jieda Zhang; Xinyue San; Xinning Zhao; Pan Ma; Sizuo Luo; Cheng Jin; Dajun Ding

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-01845-7

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Efficient generation of Bessel-Gauss attosecond pulse trains via nonadiabatic phase-matched high-order harmonics

Original Articles

- Efficient generation of Bessel-Gauss attosecond pulse trains via nonadiabatic phase-matched high-order harmonics
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 7, Pages: 1901-1910(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, 130012 Changchun, China
  2.Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Jilin University, 130012 Changchun, China
  3.Department of Applied Physics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094 Nanjing, China
  4.MIIT Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Microstructure and Quantum Sensing, Engineering Research Center of Semiconductor Device Optoelectronic Hybrid Integration in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 210094 Nanjing, China
- Author bio：
  
  Sizuo Luo (luosz@jlu.edu.cn)
  Cheng Jin (cjin@njust.edu.cn)
  Dajun Ding (dajund@jlu.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-01845-7
  CLC：
- Received：15 October 2024，
  
  Revised：13 March 2025，
  
  Accepted：21 March 2025，
  
  Published Online：06 May 2025，
  
  Published：31 July 2025
- Accepted：
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Li, M. X. et al. Efficient generation of Bessel-Gauss attosecond pulse trains via nonadiabatic phase-matched high-order harmonics. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1901-1910 (2025).
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Li, M. X. et al. Efficient generation of Bessel-Gauss attosecond pulse trains via nonadiabatic phase-matched high-order harmonics. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 1901-1910 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-01845-7.

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Abstract

Generating Bessel-Gauss beams in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) with attosecond pulse durations poses a significant challenge due to the limitations of conventional transmission optical components. Here

we propose a novel approach to produce such beams by inducing an annular EUV source through high-order harmonic generation (HHG) under nonadiabatic phase-matching conditions. The resulting light pulse maintains temporal coherence and manifests attosecond pulse trains as confirmed by the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions (RABBIT) measurements. Macroscopic HHG calculations reproduce the measured spatiotemporal structures

demonstrating the plasma-induced spatial modulation on the formation of an annular source. Propagation simulations further confirm the feasibility of this approach for generating attosecond Bessel-Gauss beams

presenting exciting prospects for various applications in EUV photonics and attosecond science.

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