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High-order harmonic generation (HHG) is investigated for H$_2^+$ and its isotopomers under seven- and ten-cycle trapezoidal laser pulses at 800 nm wavelength and $I$=4$\times 10^{14}$ W$/$cm$^2$ intensity. We solved numerically…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-03-03 H. Ahmadi , M. Vafaee , A. Maghari

We experimentally disentangle the contributions of different quantum paths in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from the spectrally and spatially resolved harmonic spectra. By adjusting the laser intensity and focusing position, we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-10-08 Lixin He , Pengfei Lan , Qingbin Zhang , Chunyang Zhai , Feng Wang , Wenjing Shi , Peixiang Lu

High Harmonic Generation (HHG) creates coherent high frequency radiation via the process of strong field ionization followed by recombination. Recently, a complementary approach based on Frustrated Tunnel Ionization (FTI) was demonstrated…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-04-15 L. Ortmann , C. Hofmann , I. A. Ivanov , A. S. Landsman

In this work we study the impact of chromatic focusing of few-cycle laser pulses on high-order harmonic generation (HHG) through analysis of the emitted extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation. Chromatic focusing is usually avoided in the…

High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a nonlinear process in which a strong driving field interacts with a material, resulting in the frequency up-conversion of the driver into its high-order harmonics. This process is highly sensitive to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 J. Rivera-Dean , P. Stammer , M. F. Ciappina , M. Lewenstein

Vigorous efforts to harness the topological properties of light have enabled a multitude of novel applications. Translating the applications of structured light to higher spatial and temporal resolutions mandates their controlled…

The combination of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) with resonant XUV excitation of a core electron into the transient valence vacancy that is created in the course of the HHG process is investigated theoretically. In this setup, the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-01-10 Christian Buth , Markus C. Kohler , Joachim Ullrich , Christoph H. Keitel

Recent breakthroughs in high repetition-rate extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light sources and photoelectron analyzers have led to dramatic advances in the performance of time-resolved photoemission experiments. In this perspective article, we…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-16 Thomas K. Allison , Alice Kunin , Gerd Schönhense

Fourth-generation storage-ring light sources have achieved transverse emittances approaching the diffraction limit at x-ray wavelengths, while their longitudinal coherence remains limited. Existing laser-modulation schemes can induce strong…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Weihang Liu , Yu Zhao , Weilun Qin , Yi Jiao , Xiao Li , Sheng Wang

An important goal in molecular physics and chemistry today is to obtain structure-dependent information about molecular function to obtain a deeper understanding into chemical reactions. However, until now, asymmetric tops, which comprise…

Recently, the size-dependence of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in quantum dots has been investigated experimentally. In particular, for longer driving wavelengths and QDs smaller than 3\,nm, HHG was strongly suppressed, however,…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-05 Martin Thümmler , Alexander Croy , Ulf Peschel , Stefanie Gräfe

One key parameter in the high-order harmonic generation (HHG) phenomenon is the exact frequency of the generated harmonic field. Its deviation from perfect harmonics of the laser frequency can be explained considering (i) the single-atom…

Attosecond pulses, produced through high-order harmonic generation in gases, have been successfully used for observing ultrafast, sub-femtosecond electron dynamics in atoms, molecules and solid state systems. Today's typical attosecond…

We employ the two-band density-matrix equations and time-dependent density functional theory to calculate high-order harmonic generation (HOHG) in graphene under a femtosecond laser irradiation. Our investigation uncovers a striking…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-07-25 Fulong Dong , Qinzhi Xia , Jie Liu

We report on experimental investigation of nonperturbative high harmonic generation (HHG) in monolayer MoS2 in the ultraviolet spectral region driven by mid-infrared light. We study how the HHG is influenced by pre-excitation of the…

Preparation of nonclassical light with special quantum properties is essential for quantum technologies. High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a process which not only enables the creation of attosecond pulses but also has the potential to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Ákos Gombkötő , Péter Ádám , David Theidel , Tamás Kiss

We theoretically investigate high-order harmonic generation (HHG) and its ellipticity in gapped graphene, driven by a femtosecond short-pulse laser at various orientation angles, employing the two-band density-matrix equations within the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Xinru Song , Xiaoyu Bu , Xiaohui Zhao , Rongxiang Zhang , Shang Wang , Fulong Dong

We report on the comparative experimental investigation on third and fifth harmonic generation (THG and FHG) in atomic and molecular gases driven by mid-infrared ultrafast laser pulses at a wavelength of ~1500 nm. We observe that the…

The duration of isolated attosecond pulses created via high-order harmonic generation is determined by the number of optical cycles in the driving laser. Achieving shorter attosecond soft X-ray pulses requires minimizing the number of…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-03 Kaito Nishimiya , Rambabu Rajpoot , Eiji J Takahashi

High-quality ultrafast light sources are critical for developing advanced time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (TrARPES). While the application of high harmonic generation (HHG) light sources in TrARPES has increased…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Haoyuan Zhong , Xuanxi Cai , Changhua Bao , Fei Wang , Tianyun Lin , Yudong Chen , Sainan Peng , Lin Tang , Chen Gu , Zhensheng Tao , Hongyun Zhang , Shuyun Zhou