Quantum Path Control in High-Order Harmonic Generation via Squeezed Lights
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| author | Wang, Feng Yang, Chunhui Cui, Xinyi He, Lixin Ou, Tianxin Jin, Rui-Bo Liao, Qing Lan, Pengfei Lu, Peixiang |
| author_facet | Wang, Feng Yang, Chunhui Cui, Xinyi He, Lixin Ou, Tianxin Jin, Rui-Bo Liao, Qing Lan, Pengfei Lu, Peixiang |
| contents | High-order harmonic generation (HHG), a robust tabletop source for producing attosecond pulses, has been extensively utilized in attosecond metrology. Traditionally, HHG driven by classical laser fields involves two typical quantum paths (short and long quantum paths) contributing to harmonic emission. Here, we demonstrate that these quantum paths in HHG can be selectively controlled using squeezed lights, a form of non-classical light. Our results indicate that the long (short) quantum path of HHG will be dramatically suppressed in the phase (amplitude)-squeezed fields. The time-frequency analysis reveals that this quantum path control stems from the quantum fluctuations in the squeezed light, which modify the phase matching of harmonic emission from different quantum states of the squeezed light. Such a quantum path selection can be achieved for the whole harmonic plateau, which has great potential to generate ultrashort isolated attosecond pulse with duration less than one atomic unit of time. |
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| spellingShingle | Quantum Path Control in High-Order Harmonic Generation via Squeezed Lights Wang, Feng Yang, Chunhui Cui, Xinyi He, Lixin Ou, Tianxin Jin, Rui-Bo Liao, Qing Lan, Pengfei Lu, Peixiang Optics High-order harmonic generation (HHG), a robust tabletop source for producing attosecond pulses, has been extensively utilized in attosecond metrology. Traditionally, HHG driven by classical laser fields involves two typical quantum paths (short and long quantum paths) contributing to harmonic emission. Here, we demonstrate that these quantum paths in HHG can be selectively controlled using squeezed lights, a form of non-classical light. Our results indicate that the long (short) quantum path of HHG will be dramatically suppressed in the phase (amplitude)-squeezed fields. The time-frequency analysis reveals that this quantum path control stems from the quantum fluctuations in the squeezed light, which modify the phase matching of harmonic emission from different quantum states of the squeezed light. Such a quantum path selection can be achieved for the whole harmonic plateau, which has great potential to generate ultrashort isolated attosecond pulse with duration less than one atomic unit of time. |
| title | Quantum Path Control in High-Order Harmonic Generation via Squeezed Lights |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20876 |