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- Nominated by Kansas State University, USA, as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis
- Aids direct experimentalists in identifying optimal conditions for efficient high-order harmonics generation
- Provides a developed software package that allows realistic simulations of high-order harmonics spectra in a medium that can be directly compared to measurements
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Theory of Nonlinear Propagation of High Harmonics Generated in a Gaseous Medium establishes the theoretical tools to study High-Order Harmonic Generation (HHG) by intense ultrafast infrared lasers in atoms and molecules. The macroscopic propagation of both laser and high-harmonic fields is taken into account by solving Maxwell's wave equations, while the single-atom or single-molecule response is treated with a quantitative rescattering theory by solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation.
This book demonstrates for the first time that observed experimental HHG spectra of atoms and molecules can be accurately reproduced theoretically when precise experimental conditions are known. The macroscopic HHG can be expressed as a product of a macroscopic wave packet and a photorecombination cross section, where the former depends on laser and experimental conditions while the latter is the property of target atoms or molecules. The factorization makes it possible to retrieve microscopically atomic or molecular structure information from the measured macroscopic HHG spectra.
This book also investigates other important issues about HHG, such as contributions from multiple molecular orbitals, the minimum in the HHG spectrum, the spatial mode of laser beams, and the generation of an isolated attosecond pulse. Additionally, this book presents the photoelectron angular distribution of aligned molecules ionized by the HHG light.
Keywords
- Attosecond Pulse Train
- Attosecond Pulses
- Cooper Minimum
- Experimental HHG Spectra
- Gaussian Beam
- Harmonic Generation
- High Harmonics
- High-order Harmonic Generation
- Infrared Laser
- Isolated Attosecond Pulse
- Macroscopic HHG
- Macroscopic HHG Spectra
- Macroscopic Propagation
- Macroscopic Response
- Macroscopic Wave Packet
- Mid-Infrared Laser
- Multiple Molecular Orbiting
- Phase Matching
- Phase Mismatch
- Photoelectron Angular Distribution
- Photorecombination Cross Section
- Propagation Effects
- QRS Theory
- Quantitative Rescattering Theory
- Shape Resonance
- Single-Atom Response
- Single-photon Ionization
- Spatial Filtering
- Strong-Field Approximation
- Truncated Bessel Beam
- Ultrafast Laser
- Wavelength Scaling
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Physics, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
Cheng Jin
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Theory of Nonlinear Propagation of High Harmonics Generated in a Gaseous Medium
Authors: Cheng Jin
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01625-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01624-5Published: 24 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34610-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01625-2Published: 11 September 2013
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 159
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices