Adaptive pulse shaping
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Adaptive pulse shaping
Femtosecond pulse shaping
Evolutionary algorithm
Applications of adaptive pulse shaping
high harmonic generation
shaped
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Objective: Control HHG
soft x-raydetector
atoms
fs-laser pulse
atoms/molecules/clusters/droplets
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Three-step model
P. Corkum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1994 (1993)
Harmonic generation geometry
A. Rundquist et al. Science 280, 1412 (1998)
XUV-detector
Atomic/molecular jet
fs-laser pulse
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Experimental setup
Harmonic enhancement
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fittest pulse shape
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selective enhancement of HHG
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vacuumpropagation
material dispersion
plasma dispersion
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Selective Control of HHG
High-harmonic generation
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XUV-detector
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generation geometry
Fitness: F = A / B
jet vs. capillary
control not only governed by the single atom response
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Summary
Selective Enhancement
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Comprehensive Control
Attosecond Quantum Control
Control beyond theatomic dipole phase
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