Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 14, 2025

Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Lightwave-controlled relativistic plasma mirrors
Abstract:
We report on attosecond-scale control of high-harmonic and fast electron emission from plasma mirrors driven by relativistic-intensity near-single-cycle light waves at a kHz repetition rate. By controlling the waveform of the intense light transient, we reproducibly form a sub-cycle temporal intensity gate at the plasma mirror surface, leading to the observation of extreme ultraviolet spectral continua, characteristic of isolated attosecond pulse (IAP) generation. We also observe the correlated emission of a waveform-dependent relativistic electron beam, paving the way toward fully lightwave-controlled dynamics of relativistic plasma mirrors.
Related Concept Videos
Plane Electromagnetic Waves II
Standing Waves in a Cavity
Plane Electromagnetic Waves I
The EM field is assumed...
The Wave Nature of Light

