On the Possibility of Converting Linearly Polarized Attosecond Pulses of High Harmonics into Circularly Polarized Pulses with an Increase in the Energy in an Optically Modulated Neon-Like Active Medium of an X-Ray Plasma Laser

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A method is proposed for converting linearly polarized radiation of a single harmonic or a combination of high-order harmonics of an optical field, which form a train of subfemto-/attosecond pulses, into elliptically and, in particular, circularly polarized radiation in an optically modulated neon-like active medium of an X‑ray plasma laser. It is shown that this method can provide a high energy efficiency of radiation conversion due to the amplification of the harmonic field, and is also insensitive to changes in the number of high harmonics that form the amplified pulses. The possibility of experimental implementation of the method is considered on the example of an active plasma of neon-like Ti12+ ions with an unperturbed inverted transition wavelength of 32.6 nm.

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I. R Khayrulin

Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Email: khairulinir@ipfran.ru

V. A Antonov

Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Email: khairulinir@ipfran.ru

M. Yu Ryabikin

Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

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Email: khairulinir@ipfran.ru

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