Spectral properties of high-order harmonic radiation enhanced by XUV-driven electron-hole dynamics

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Autores principales: Goetz, R. Esteban, Le, Anh-Thu
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author Goetz, R. Esteban
Le, Anh-Thu
author_facet Goetz, R. Esteban
Le, Anh-Thu
contents We analyze the spectral properties of high-order harmonic radiation with photon energies extending beyond the regular cutoff energy in standard high-order harmonic generation. The extension of the regular harmonic cutoff results from infrared (IR)-driven recombination of valence photoelectrons into a cationic core hole created by extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) excitation of inner-shell electrons into the transient valence hole in a combined XUV+IR configuration [Buth et al., Opt. Lett. 36, 3530 (2011)]. We show that the microscopic dipole phase at the extended harmonic frequencies is sensitive to the relative IR-XUV delay and IR intensity, whereas the corresponding signal intensity drops significantly for chirped XUV pulses with poor temporal coherence. We discuss the impact of such sensitivity on the macroscopic harmonic radiation, whereby decoherence among the dipole emitters may lead to further signal suppression.
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spellingShingle Spectral properties of high-order harmonic radiation enhanced by XUV-driven electron-hole dynamics
Goetz, R. Esteban
Le, Anh-Thu
Atomic Physics
We analyze the spectral properties of high-order harmonic radiation with photon energies extending beyond the regular cutoff energy in standard high-order harmonic generation. The extension of the regular harmonic cutoff results from infrared (IR)-driven recombination of valence photoelectrons into a cationic core hole created by extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) excitation of inner-shell electrons into the transient valence hole in a combined XUV+IR configuration [Buth et al., Opt. Lett. 36, 3530 (2011)]. We show that the microscopic dipole phase at the extended harmonic frequencies is sensitive to the relative IR-XUV delay and IR intensity, whereas the corresponding signal intensity drops significantly for chirped XUV pulses with poor temporal coherence. We discuss the impact of such sensitivity on the macroscopic harmonic radiation, whereby decoherence among the dipole emitters may lead to further signal suppression.
title Spectral properties of high-order harmonic radiation enhanced by XUV-driven electron-hole dynamics
topic Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21825