Quantum electrodynamic treatment of harmonic generation in intense optical fields

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作者
Gao, J [1 ]
Shen, F [1 ]
Eden, JG [1 ]
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[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Everitt Lab, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1833
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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A theoretical description of high order harmonic generation has been developed that draws upon QED scattering theory and relationships developed previously for multiphoton processes. The framework presented here offers a new perspective on the harmonic generation process and reproduces the salient characteristics of experimental spectra. A direct connection is drawn between harmonic generation and above threshold ionization, and calculated spectra suggest that transitions between (stationary) quantized field Volkov states represent the dominant contribution to the spectrum.
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页码:1833 / 1836
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