Towards a Versatile Three-Colour Femtosecond Field Synthesizer for Quantum Applications

超快光学在超乎想象的时间尺度上为物理学的新前沿提供了一条有希望的途径。随着远程教育的发展，需要不断开发新的方法，以提供对其背后的物理过程的最终控制和理解。这些主要集中在合成和测量飞秒时间尺度上的强光脉冲，以在极紫外线(XUV)或软X射线区域产生可靠和相干的辐射，用于探测电子动力学。这在开发超快电子器件或新的量子控制技术等领域显示出了希望。这份报告描述了伦敦帝国理工学院Huxley 007所开展的基础性工作--Attolab，以开发和构建内部通用的3通道合成器和准确测量这些电场所需的诊断工具。这个项目的主要重点必须与实验室内广泛的技术和技术相结合，并在进入博士学位的过程中克服在这一发展中面临的实验挑战。此外，还介绍了分析工作，为在卢瑟福·阿普尔顿实验室的ARTEMIS进行实验合作提供了基础。

Ultrafast optics provides a promising avenue for new frontiers of physics on timescales beyond the imagination. As the eld progresses, continuous development of new methods is required to provide an ultimate level of control and understanding of the physical processes behind it. These are largely focused around the synthesis and measurement of intense pulses of light on the femtosecond timescale to generate reliable and coherent radiation in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) or soft X-ray regions, for use in probing electron dynamics. This has shown promise in such areas as the development of ultrafast electronic devices or new quantum control techniques. This report describes the foundational work carried out in Huxley 007 at Imperial College London - the Attolab - to develop and construct an in-house versatile 3-channel synthesizer and the diagnostic tools needed to accurately measure these electric elds. The main focus of this project has to becomefamiliarized with the extensive range of techniques and technologies within the lab and to overcome experimental challenges faced in this development, as it progresses into the PhD. In addition, analysis work is presented which provides the basis for an experimental collaboration to be carried out atARTEMIS at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.