We propose an approach for producing high-flux isolated-attosecond pulses (IAPs) based on noncollinear geometry of high-order harmonic generation (HHG). By combining a main driving pulse and an ultrashort gating pulse in the interaction medium to form a tilt wave front in a very narrow overlapping time region, the attosecond pulses generated in this region are spatially separated from the original beam in the far field. It gives a way of extracting IAPs as well as fully characterizing an attosecond-pulse train (APT). Since this approach set no restriction on the pulse duration of the main driving pulse, it is particularly suitable for high-flux IAP generation by a high-energy laser which usually has multicycle pulse duration.

• Received 26 November 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.033854