Generation of high-order harmonics from inertially confined molecular ions
- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 48 (1) , 580-590
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.48.580
Abstract
We consider the generation of high-order harmonics from inertially confined diatomic molecular ions driven by strong short pulses of laser radiation. Using a simple analytically solvable model, we show that diatomic molecular ions can be a very efficient source of high-order harmonics. The sources of the strong nonlinear response are charge-resonant states of odd-charge molecular ions. We also discuss possibilities for quasi-phase-matching, which are given by the molecular ions and which have no analogies in atomic systems.Keywords
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