Three ways to select from two attosecond pulses

Abstract

We demonstrate that by filtering high harmonics it is possible to obtain two different single attosecond pulses (SAP) resulting from naturally separated spectral domains formed during propagation in the macroscopic medium. We propose a feasible experimental configuration in which one can obtain a SAP in a lower energy domain (<300 eV), or another SAP in a higher energy domain (>300 eV). Without filtering, a double attosecond pulse emission with fixed temporal separation is obtained. The gap between the two spectral domains is close to the onset of the water window.