Illuminating Molecular Symmetries with Bicircular High-Order-Harmonic Generation
Atomic Physics
2016-09-26 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We present a complete theory of bicircular high-order-harmonic emission from N-fold rotationally symmetric molecules. Using a rotating frame of reference we predict the complete structure of the high-order-harmonic spectra for arbitrary driving frequency ratios and show how molecular symmetries can be directly identified from the harmonic signal. Our findings reveal that a characteristic fingerprint of rotational molecular symmetries can be universally observed in the ultrafast response of molecules to strong bicircular fields.
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@article{arxiv.1606.05524,
title = {Illuminating Molecular Symmetries with Bicircular High-Order-Harmonic Generation},
author = {Daniel M. Reich and Lars Bojer Madsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.05524},
year = {2016}
}
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7 pages