Chirp-control of resonant high-order harmonic generation in indium ablation plumes driven by intense few-cycle laser pulses
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Abstract
We have studied high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in an indium ablation plume driven by intense few-cycle laser pulses centered at 775 nm as a function of the frequency chirp of the laser pulse. We found experimentally that resonant emission lines between 19.7 eV and 22.3 eV (close to the 13th and 15th harmonic of the laser) exhibit a strong, asymmetric chirp dependence, with pronounced intensity modulations. The chirp dependence is reproduced by our numerical time-dependent Schrödinger equation simulations of a resonant HHG by the model indium ion. As demonstrated with our separate simulations of HHG within the strong field approximation, the resonance can be understood in terms of the chirp-dependent HHG photon energy coinciding with the energy of an autoionizing state to ground state transition with high oscillator strength. This supports the validity of the general theory of resonant four-step HHG in the few-cycle limit.
Date Issued
2018-06-11
Date Acceptance
2018-05-10
Citation
Optics Express, 2018, 26 (12), pp.15745-15758
ISSN
1094-4087
Publisher
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Start Page
15745
End Page
15758
Journal / Book Title
Optics Express
Volume
26
Issue
12
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/I032517/1
Subjects
0205 Optical Physics
1005 Communications Technologies
0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Optics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-06-07