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High harmonic generation
About: High harmonic generation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11694 publications have been published within this topic receiving 222650 citations. The topic is also known as: HHG.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a two-dimensional model to simulate the enhanced harmonic emission from ionized argon clusters irradiated by an ultrashort (∼25 fs) laser pulse at moderate intensity ( ∼1014 W/cm2), where the low-order harmonics were enhanced by nearly two orders of magnitude relative to those of monomer argon.
Abstract: We present a two-dimensional model to simulate the enhanced harmonic emission from ionized argon clusters irradiated by an ultrashort (∼25 fs) laser pulse at moderate intensity (∼1014 W/cm2). The low-order harmonics (below the 15th) are enhanced by nearly two orders of magnitude relative to those of monomer argon. Furthermore, the harmonic plateau is extended to a higher frequency. The clustering environment is responsible for the enhancement of harmonic emission.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of elastic and inelastic scattering, varying pulse characteristics, and the inclusion of material-specific parameters through a realistic band structure were considered for high-order harmonic generation in solids.
Abstract: We consider several aspects of high-order harmonic generation in solids: the effects of elastic and inelastic scattering; varying pulse characteristics; and inclusion of material-specific parameters through a realistic band structure. We reproduce many observed characteristics of high harmonic generation experiments in solids including the formation of only odd harmonics in inversion-symmetric materials, and the nonlinear formation of high harmonics with increasing field. We find that the harmonic spectra are fairly robust against elastic and inelastic scattering. Furthermore, we find that the pulse characteristics play an important role in determining the harmonic spectra.
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TL;DR: The possibility to engineer multipolar SHG in planar arrays of metallic nanoparticles paves the way to the development of novel optical elements for nanophotonics, such as nonlinear optical sensors, compact frequency converters, optical mixers, and broadband harmonic generators on a chip.
Abstract: We demonstrate optical Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) in planar arrays of cylindrical Au nanoparticles arranged in periodic and deterministic aperiodic geometries. In order to understand the respective roles of near-field plasmonic coupling and long-range photonic interactions on the SHG signal, we systematically vary the interparticle separation from 60 nm to distances comparable to the incident pump wavelength. Using polarization-resolved measurements under femtosecond pumping, we demonstrate multipolar SHG signal largely tunable by the array geometry. Moreover, we show that the SHG signal intensity is maximized by arranging Au nanoparticles in aperiodic spiral arrays. The possibility to engineer multipolar SHG in planar arrays of metallic nanoparticles paves the way to the development of novel optical elements for nanophotonics, such as nonlinear optical sensors, compact frequency converters, optical mixers, and broadband harmonic generators on a chip.
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TL;DR: Observed high harmonic generation signals in a spontaneously symmetry-broken state, where charge densities are polarized inside of dimer units, show threshold behavior with respect to light amplitude and are interpreted in terms of tunneling and recombination of kink-antikink excitations in an electric field.
Abstract: High harmonic generation in crystalline solids has been examined so far on the basis of one-body energy-band structures arising from electron itineracy in a periodic potential Here, we show the emergence of high harmonic generation signals which are attributed to the dynamics of many-body states in a low-dimensional correlated electron system An interacting fermion model and its effective pseudospin model on a one-dimensional dimer-type lattice are analyzed Observed high harmonic generation signals in a spontaneously symmetry-broken state, where charge densities are polarized inside of dimer units, show threshold behavior with respect to light amplitude and are interpreted in terms of tunneling and recombination of kink-antikink excitations in an electric field
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TL;DR: It is shown that this ellipticity originates from quantum-mechanical uncertainty of the electron motion and, more generally, the time evolution of the high-harmonic polarization state within the laser cycle.
Abstract: We investigate numerically and analytically the polarization properties of high-order harmonics generated by an atom in intense elliptically polarized laser field. The offset angle of the harmonic polarization ellipse can be well described with the semiclassic "simple-man" high-harmonic generation model. The harmonic ellipticity itself, however, can be hardly understood within this model. We show that this ellipticity originates from quantum-mechanical uncertainty of the electron motion. We develop a theoretical approach describing this ellipticity and, more generally, the time evolution of the high-harmonic polarization state within the laser cycle. The analytical results are verified with the exact numerical solution; to make the comparison accurately, we develop a specific technique for separating the contributions of quantum paths in the numerical calculation.
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