High harmonic generation from aligned molecules-amplitude and polarization
Authors:
Y. Mairesse ab;
J. Levesque ac;
N. Dudovich ad;
P. B. Corkum ae;
D. M. Villeneuve a
| Affiliations: | a National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
b CELIA, Universit Bordeaux I, France |
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c INRS- nergie et Mat riaux, Qu bec, Canada |
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| d Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel | |
| e University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada |
DOI:
10.1080/09500340802175766
Publication Frequency:
21 issues per year
First Published:
September
2008
Subjects:
Fibre Optics;
Optics & Optoelectronics.;
Optics, Optoelectronic Effects, Devices & Systems;
Optoelectronics;
Theoretical Physics;
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Previously published as:
Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics
(0030-3909)
until 1987
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Abstract
While high harmonic generation from atoms is relatively well understood, the ability to align gas-phase molecules opens an opportunity to more deeply understand the underlying physics. Many assumptions, such as the single active electron approximation, neglect of the Coulomb potential, the strong field approximation, and the assumption of plane waves, are being challenged by new experimental observations. We study high harmonic emission from aligned molecules such as N2, O2 and CO2. We present experimental measurements of the amplitude of the emission as a function of molecular angle, as well as the polarization state.
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| Keywords: attosecond; high harmonic generation; molecular alignment |
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