Multi-photon resonance enhanced super high-order harmonic generation

Abstract

This paper proposes highly charged ions pumped by intense laser to produce very high order harmonics. Numerical simulations and full quantum theory of Ne 9+ ions driven by laser pulses at 1064 nm in the power range of 10 9 W/cm 2 ∼ 10 15 W/cm 2 show that the emission spectrum corresponds to the electronic transitions from the excited states to the ground state, which is very different from the spectrum of general high-order harmonic generation. In such situation, harmonic order as high as 1000 can be obtained without producing lower order harmonics and the energy conversion efficiency is close to general high order harmonic generation of hydrogen atom in the same laser field.

A scaling law of high-order harmonic generation

“…[7,8] Enhancing the cutoff energy and the harmonic yield is still the main difficulty. [9,10] Recently, the interaction of atoms and molecules with mid-infrared laser fields draws a lot of attention, both for ATI [11−13] and HHG. [14−16] The advantage of using mid-infrared lasers in HHG is that the quasiphase matching technique can be easily realized, which greatly enhances the conversion efficiency.…”