NUMERICAL MODELING OF THE SPATIAL PROFILES OF HIGH-ORDER HARMONICS

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MUFFETT, JE [1 ]
WAHLSTROM, CG [1 ]
HUTCHINSON, MHR [1 ]
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[1] LUND INST TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,S-22100 LUND,SWEDEN
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10.1088/0953-4075/27/23/013
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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The far-field spatial distributions of high-order harmonics in an ionized medium have been investigated using a computer model that includes both the single atom effects and the collective effects of the medium. The results show that depletion of the non-linear medium due to ionization and radial phase variations across the gas jet cause broadening and complicated structures in the far-field spatial distributions. These phase variations are due to three factors: focusing, ionization, i.e. depletion of the non-linear medium and electron dispersion, and intensity-dependent phase variations of the atomic dipoles.
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