High-order-harmonic generation using gas-phase H2O molecules Academic Article

abstract

• We investigate high-order-harmonic generation of isotropically distributed gas-phase H2O molecules exposed to an intense laser field. The induced dipole of each individual molecule by the laser field is first calculated using the recently developed quantitative rescattering theory. In a thin medium, harmonic spectra generated coherently from all the molecules are then calculated by solving Maxwell's equation of propagation. By using accurate transition dipoles of H2O, we show that the harmonics in the lower plateau region are quite different from models that employ the simpler strong-field approximation. We also examine the magnitude and phase of the harmonics and their dependence on laser focusing conditions. 2011 American Physical Society.

authors

• Lucchese, Robert

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW A

author list (cited authors)

• Zhao, S., Jin, C., Lucchese, R. R., Le, A., & Lin, C. D.

citation count

• 17

complete list of authors

• Zhao, Song-Feng||Jin, Cheng||Lucchese, RR||Le, Anh-Thu||Lin, CD

publication date

• March 2011

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

keywords

• 34 Chemical Sciences
• 3406 Physical Chemistry
• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.033409

start page

• 033409

volume

• 83

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1103%2Fphysreva.83.033409