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Enhanced Harmonic Generation from M=1 aligned Ar+

Atomic Physics 2013-10-01 v1

Abstract

We investigate harmonic generation (HG) from ground-state Ar+ aligned with M=1 at a laser wavelength of 390-nm and intensity of 4x10(14) Wcm-2. Using time-dependent R-matrix theory, we find that an initial state with magnetic quantum number M=1 provides a 4-fold increase in harmonic yield over M=0. HG arises primarily from channels associated with the (3)Pe threshold of Ar2+, in contrast with M=0 for which channels associated with the excited, (1)De threshold dominate HG. Multichannel and multielectron interferences lead to a more marked suppression of HG for M=1 than M=0.

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@article{arxiv.1309.1384,
  title  = {Enhanced Harmonic Generation from M=1 aligned Ar+},
  author = {A. C. Brown and Hugo W. van der Hart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.1384},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. A

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