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Title: Recollisions and high-harmonic generation

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.59367· OSTI ID:21208125
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  1. Optics Section, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)

We describe the Recollision Model of high-harmonic generation, in which electrons escape from atomic Coulomb binding in intense laser fields by tunneling, are ponderomotively accelerated, and recollide on return to the parent ionic core. High harmonics are generated by Bremsstrahlung, modulated by the coherent periodic nature of the tunneling process. Harmonic plateaux involve the time-dependent dipole induced by the returning wave packets. We show how atomic wave packets are generated and manipulated by strong laser driving fields, and link the recollision to nonsequential ionization.

OSTI ID:
21208125
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 477, Issue 1; Conference: 16. international conference on atomic physics, Windsor, ON (Canada), 3-7 Aug 1998; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.59367; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English