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Sub-cycle Electron Dynamics in the Generation of Below Threshold Harmonics

Atomic Physics 2019-03-05 v1

Abstract

The generation of the below threshold harmonics (BTHs) under different driving laser intensities is investigated. The linearly shifting of photon energy and resonantly enhancement of photon yield of the harmonics from 23rd (H23) to 27th (H27) are found by changing the laser intensity around 18.6 TW/cm2. It is identified that this driving laser intensity dependence is due to the transient ac Stark-shifted resonance between the first excited state and the ground state. With this transient ac Stark, the linearly shifting of the photon energy can be interpreted very well by considering the sub-cycle electron dynamics for BTH generation, which shows that the generation of the BTHs is surprisingly similar to the plateau harmonics.

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@article{arxiv.1903.00664,
  title  = {Sub-cycle Electron Dynamics in the Generation of Below Threshold Harmonics},
  author = {Li Wang and Jinxing Xue and Zhinan Zeng and Ruxin Li and Zhizhan Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.00664},
  year   = {2019}
}

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26 pages, 4 figures

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