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Missouri University of Science and Technology

2011

High Order Harmonic Generation

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Generation Of Isolated Attosecond Pulses In The Far Field By Spatial Filtering With An Intense Few-Cycle Mid-Infrared Laser, Cheng Jin, Anh-Thu Le, Carlos A. Trallero-Herrero, C. D. Lin Oct 2011

Generation Of Isolated Attosecond Pulses In The Far Field By Spatial Filtering With An Intense Few-Cycle Mid-Infrared Laser, Cheng Jin, Anh-Thu Le, Carlos A. Trallero-Herrero, C. D. Lin

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We report theoretical calculations of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of Xe with the inclusion of multielectron effects and macroscopic propagation of the fundamental and harmonic fields in an ionizing medium. By using the time-frequency analysis we show that the reshaping of the fundamental laser field is responsible for the continuum structure in the HHG spectra. We further suggest a method for obtaining an isolated attosecond pulse (IAP) by using a filter centered on axis to select the harmonics in the far field with different divergence. We also discuss the carrier-envelope-phase dependence of an IAP and the possibility to optimize the …


Analysis Of Effects Of Macroscopic Propagation And Multiple Molecular Orbitals On The Minimum In High-Order Harmonic Generation Of Aligned Co₂, Cheng Jin, Anh-Thu Le, C. D. Lin May 2011

Analysis Of Effects Of Macroscopic Propagation And Multiple Molecular Orbitals On The Minimum In High-Order Harmonic Generation Of Aligned Co₂, Cheng Jin, Anh-Thu Le, C. D. Lin

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We report theoretical calculations of the effect of the multiple-orbital contribution in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of aligned CO₂ with the inclusion of macroscopic propagation of harmonic fields in the medium. Our results show very good agreement with recent experiments for the dynamics of the minimum in HHG spectra as laser intensity or alignment angle changes. Calculations are carried out to check how the position of the minimum in HHG spectra depends on the degrees of molecular alignment, laser-focusing conditions, and the effects of alignment-dependent ionization rates of the different molecular orbitals. These analyses help to explain why the minima …


Medium Propagation Effects In High-Order Harmonic Generation Of Ar And N₂, Cheng Jin, Anh-Thu Le, C. D. Lin Feb 2011

Medium Propagation Effects In High-Order Harmonic Generation Of Ar And N₂, Cheng Jin, Anh-Thu Le, C. D. Lin

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We report theoretical calculations of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) by intense infrared lasers in atomic and molecular targets taking into account the macroscopic propagation of both fundamental and harmonic fields. On the examples of Ar and N₂, we demonstrate that these ab initio calculations are capable of accurately reproducing available experimental results with isotropic and aligned target media. We further present detailed analysis of HHG intensity and phase under various experimental conditions, in particular, as the wavelength of the driving laser changes. Most importantly, our results strongly support the factorization of HHG at the macroscopic level into a product of …