Versatile, open-source program for simulating high-harmonic generation
Optics
2025-09-04 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
Light sources based on high-harmonic generation (HHG) underpin ultrafast spectroscopy experiments across a large range of photon energies, spanning from the extreme-ultraviolet to the soft x-ray. To this day their design, implementation and improvement presents uniqe challenges, but can be aided by numerical tools. Here we present a new simulation program designed for this purpose, which accurately takes both macroscopic and microscopic aspects of high-harmonic generation into account and is therefore applicable across the broad range of parameters that HHG based light sources are today utilized in. The program is validated by calculating harmonic emission in four common experimental configurations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.02867,
title = {Versatile, open-source program for simulating high-harmonic generation},
author = {Christian A. Schröder and Reinhard Kienberger and Stephen R. Leone},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.02867},
year = {2025}
}