Extended quantitative rescattering model for simulating high-order harmonic streaking spectra by synchronization of an intense IR laser and a time-delayed attosecond XUV pulse

Wang, Kan; Li, Baochang; Tang, Xiangyu; Xu, Chenhui; Lin, C. D.; Jin, Cheng

doi:10.1103/physreva.104.033102

Title: Extended quantitative rescattering model for simulating high-order harmonic streaking spectra by synchronization of an intense IR laser and a time-delayed attosecond XUV pulse

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.033102· OSTI ID:1849920

Wang, Kan ^[1]; Li, Baochang ^[1]; Tang, Xiangyu ^[1]; Xu, Chenhui ^[1];

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Nanjing Univ. of Science and Technology (China)
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States). J.R. Macdonald Lab.

In this work, we theoretically investigate the modulated high-harmonic generation (HHG) driven by an intense few-cycle infrared (IR) laser field and a weak extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulse at a delayed time. We establish an extended quantitative rescattering (EQRS) model to simulate the HHG streaking spectra, with the ideas of correcting the IR ionization and the transition from the ground to continuum states in the strong-field approximation. The EQRS model has an accuracy comparable to that from “exactly” solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE). We reveal that the fringes in the streaking spectra are caused by the interference between the attosecond XUV pulse and harmonics resulting from different recombination pathways under the intense IR laser. We then demonstrate that the XUV pulse can be accurately retrieved by treating the single-atom TDSE results or macroscopic propagation results as the “input” data. This work provides with a tool for efficiently simulating and thoroughly analyzing the XUV-assisted HHG, which could also enhance its capability for tracing the electron dynamics involved in the strong-field phenomena.

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Research Organization:: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13491; 11774175; 91950102; 11834004

OSTI ID:: 1849920

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 104, Issue 3; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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