Resonantly-enhanced harmonic generation in Argon

doi:10.1364/OE.20.013824

Resonantly-enhanced harmonic generation in Argon

P. Ackermann, H. Münch, and T. Halfmann »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 13, pp. 13824-13832 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.013824

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Abstract

We present systematic investigations of harmonic generation in Argon, driven in the vicinity of a five-photon resonance by intense, tunable picosecond radiation pulses. When properly matching the laser frequency with the Stark-shifted multi-photon resonance, we observe a pronounced enhancement not only of the 5th, but also the 7th and 9th harmonic of the driving laser (i.e. at orders higher than the involved multi-photon resonance). We study the harmonic yield at different intensities and wavelengths of the driving laser to determine optimal conditions for resonantly-enhanced harmonic generation.

OCIS Codes
(020.6580) Atomic and molecular physics : Stark effect
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(020.2649) Atomic and molecular physics : Strong field laser physics

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Atomic and Molecular Physics

History
Original Manuscript: April 30, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 24, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 24, 2012
Published: June 6, 2012

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P. Ackermann, H. Münch, and T. Halfmann, "Resonantly-enhanced harmonic generation in Argon," Opt. Express 20, 13824-13832 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-13-13824

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M. Barkauskas, F. Brandi, F. Giammanco, D. Neshev, A. Pirri, and W. Ubachs, “A novel-type tunable and narrowband extreme ultraviolet radiation source based on high-harmonic conversion of picosecond laser pulses,” J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom.144-147, 1151–1155 (2005). [CrossRef]
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Agostini, P.
Antoine, P.
Antonetti, A.
Balcou, P.
Barkauskas, M.
Becker, W.
Bohan, A.
Brandi, F.
Breger, P.
Chambaret, J.-P.
de Morisson Faria, C.
Gaarde, M.
Ganeev, R.
Giammanco, F.
Keldysh, L. V.
Kopold, R.
L’Huillier, A.
Lompré, L. A.
Maquet, A.
Mevel, E.
Migus, A.
Muller, H. G.
Neshev, D.
Noble, C. J.
Petite, G.
Pirri, A.
Plummer, M.
Rost, J.
Schafer, K.
Taïeb, R.
Toma, E. S.
Trainham, R.
Ubachs, W.
Véniard, V.
Wassaf, J.

J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom.

M. Barkauskas, F. Brandi, F. Giammanco, D. Neshev, A. Pirri, and W. Ubachs, “A novel-type tunable and narrowband extreme ultraviolet radiation source based on high-harmonic conversion of picosecond laser pulses,” J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom.144-147, 1151–1155 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys.

E. S. Toma, P. Antoine, A. Bohan, and H. G. Muller, “Resonance-enhanced high-harmonic generation,” J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys.32(24), 5843–5852 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. Plummer and C. J. Noble, “Resonant enhancement of harmonic generation in argon at 248 nm,” J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys.35(2), L51–L58 (2002). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

M. Gaarde and K. Schafer, “Enhancement of many high-order harmonics via a single multiphoton resonance,” Phys. Rev. A64(1), 013820 (2001). [CrossRef]
C. de Morisson Faria, R. Kopold, W. Becker, and J. Rost, “Resonant enhancements of high-order harmonic generation,” Phys. Rev. A65(2), 023404 (2002). [CrossRef]
R. Taïeb, V. Véniard, J. Wassaf, and A. Maquet, “Roles of resonances and recollisions in strong-field atomic phenomena. II. High-order harmonic generation,” Phys. Rev. A68(3), 033403 (2003). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

A. L’Huillier, P. Balcou, and L. A. Lompré, “Coherence and resonance effects in high-order harmonic generation,” Phys. Rev. Lett.68(2), 166–169 (1992). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
E. Mevel, P. Breger, R. Trainham, G. Petite, P. Agostini, A. Migus, J.-P. Chambaret, and A. Antonetti, “Atoms in strong optical fields: Evolution from multiphoton to tunnel ionization,” Phys. Rev. Lett.70(4), 406–409 (1993). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys.- Usp.

R. Ganeev, “Generation of high-order harmonics of high-power lasers in plasmas produced under irradiation of solid target surfaces by a prepulse,“Phys.- Usp.52(1), 55–77 (2009). [CrossRef]

Sov. Phys. JETP

L. V. Keldysh, “Ionization in the field of a strong electromagnetic wave,” Sov. Phys. JETP20, 1307 (1965).

Other

B. W. Shore, The Theory of Coherent Atomic Excitation (Wiley, 1990).

2009, Ganeev, Phys.- Usp.
2005, Barkauskas, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom.
2003, Taïeb, Phys. Rev. A
2002, Plummer, J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys.
2002, de Morisson Faria, Phys. Rev. A
2001, Gaarde, Phys. Rev. A
1999, Toma, J. Phys. At. Mol. Opt. Phys.
1993, Mevel, Phys. Rev. Lett.
1992, L’Huillier, Phys. Rev. Lett.
1965, Keldysh, Sov. Phys. JETP

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