Generation of short and intense isolated Attosecond pulses by field-controlled excited states

A new mechanism for the coherent control of the generation of an isolated and ultrashort attosecond laser pulse with enhanced intensity is reported. Frequency and time delay of a weak high harmonics, added to a two color laser, are optimized to produce a 45 attosecond pulse with intensity of more than 70 times bigger than the original one. Resonance excitation and subsequent ionization are analyzed, along with electron trajectory investigation from wavelet time-frequency profile to explain the mechanism of the observed augmentation in this high-harmonic generation.