Abstract
We theoretically explored the feasibility of high-harmonic generation in the kiloelectronvolt spectral range by optical waveforms of durations progressively shortened from multicycle to subcycle. Our study revealed that subcycle optical pulses offer a clear advantage in generating isolated x-ray attosecond pulses. In combination with their sub-fs optical drivers these pulses will open the route for x-ray attosecond pump-optical attosecond probe experiments, advancing attosecond streaking and attosecond absorption techniques to new realms of investigation of electronic processes.
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