Voronezh State University

About: Voronezh State University is a education organization based out in Voronezh, Russia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Silicon & Boundary value problem. The organization has 5166 authors who have published 6097 publications receiving 31680 citations. The organization is also known as: VSU & Voronezh University.

Analytic theory of high-order-harmonic generation by an intense few-cycle laser pulse

Abstract: We present a theoretical model for describing the interaction of an electron, weakly bound in a short-range potential, with an intense, few-cycle laser pulse. General definitions for the differential probability of abovethreshold ionization and for the yield of high-order-harmonic generation (HHG) are presented. For HHG we then derive detailed analytic expressions for the spectral density of generated radiation in terms of the key laser parameters, including the number N of optical cycles in the pulse and the carrier-envelope phase (CEP). In particular, in the tunneling approximation, we provide detailed derivations of the closed-form formulas presented briefly by M. V. Frolov et al. [ Phys. Rev. A83, 021405(R) (2011)], which were used to describe key features of HHG by both H and Xe atom targets in an intense, few-cycle laser pulse. We then provide a complete analysis of the dependence of the HHG spectrum on both N and the CEP φ of an N-cycle laser pulse. Most importantly, we show analytically that the structure of the HHG spectrum stems from interference between electron wave packets originating from electron ionization from neighboring half-cycles near the peak of the intensity envelope of the few-cycle laser pulse. Such interference is shown to be very sensitive to the CEP. The usual HHG spectrum for a monochromatic driving laser field (comprising harmonic peaks at odd multiples of the carrier frequency and spaced by twice the carrier frequency) is shown analytically to occur only in the limit of very large N, and begins to form, as N increases, in the energy region beyond the HHG plateau cutoff.

Effect of thermochemical treatment on the surface morphology and hydrophobicity of heterogeneous ion-exchange membranes

Abstract: A comparative analysis is performed on the effect thermochemical treatment in aqueous, alkali, and acid media has on the surface morphology and hydrophobicity of swelling heterogeneous ion-exchanged membranes. A correlation between changes in surface morphology and hydrophobicity is established. It is shown that under prolonged (50 h) membrane thermal treatment above room temperature, hydrophobicity is reduced due to substantial enlargement of cavities and cracks resulting from the partial destruction of inert binder (polyethylene) and reinforcing poly-ɛ-caproamide fabric (capron).