High-order harmonic generation via multicolor beam superposition

• Published in: Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics Vol. 123; no. 9; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Sarikhani, S., Batebi, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Applied physics; Beams (radiation); Broadband; Chirp; Engineering; Femtosecond pulses; Gaussian beams (optics); Harmonics; Ionization; Lasers; Normal distribution; Optical Devices; Optics; Photonics; Physical Chemistry; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Pulse duration; Quantum Optics; Superposition (mathematics)
• ISSN: 0946-2171; 1432-0649
• DOI: 10.1007/s00340-017-6805-9

In this article, femtosecond pulses, especially designed by multicolor beam superposition are used for high-order harmonic generation. To achieve this purpose, the spectral difference between the beams, and their width are taken to be small values, i.e., less than 1 nm. Applying a Gaussian distribution to the beam intensities leads to a more distinct pulses. Also, it is seen that these pulses have an intrinsic linear chirp. By changing the width of the Gaussian distributions, we can have several pulses with different bandwidths and hence various pulse duration. Thus, the study of these broadband pulse influences, in contrast with monochromatic pulses, on the atomic or molecular targets was achievable. So, we studied numerically the effect of these femtosecond pulses on behavior of the high-order harmonics generated after interaction between the pulse and the atomic hydrogen. For this study, we adjusted the beam intensities so that the produced pulse intensity be in the over-barrier ionization region. This makes the power spectrum of high-order harmonics more extensive. Cutoff frequency of the power spectrum along with the first harmonic intensity and its shift from the incident pulse are investigated. Additionally, maximum ionization probability with respect to the pulse bandwidth was also studied.