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Effect of electron correlation on high-order-harmonic generation of helium atoms in intense laser fields: Time-dependent generalized pseudospectral approach in hyperspherical coordinates

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, and Kansas Center for Advanced Scientific Computing, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 (United States)
  2. Institute of Materials Science, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Science, and Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573 (Japan)
We present a time-dependent generalized pseudospectral (TDGPS) approach in hyperspherical coordinates for fully ab initio nonperturbative treatment of multiphoton dynamics of atomic systems in intense laser fields. The procedure is applied to the investigation of high-order-harmonic generation (HHG) of helium atoms in ultrashort laser pulses at a KrF wavelength of 248.6 nm. The six-dimensional coupled hyperspherical-adiabatic-channel equations are discretized and solved efficiently and accurately by means of the TDGPS method. The effects of electron correlation and doubly excited states on HHG are explored in detail. A HHG peak with Fano line profile is identified which can be attributed to a broad resonance of doubly excited states. Comparison of the HHG spectra of the ab initio two-electron and the single-active-electron model calculations is also presented.
OSTI ID:
20974598
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 73; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English