High-order harmonic generation of ZnO crystals in chirped and static electric fields

High harmonic generation in ZnO crystals under chirped single-color field and static electric field are investigated by solving the semiconductor Bloch equation(SBE). It is found that when the chirp pulse is introduced, the interference structure becomes obvious while the harmonic cutoff is not extended. Furthermore, the harmonic efficiency is improved when the static electric field is included. These phenomena are demonstrated by the classical recollision model in real space affected by the waveform of laser field and inversion symmetry. Specifically, the electron motion in k-space shows that the change of waveform and the destruction of the symmetry of the laser field lead to the incomplete X-structure of the crystal-momentum-resolved(k-resolved) inter-band harmonic spectrum. Furthermore, a pre-acceleration process in the solid four-step model is confirmed.

Quantum control of ultrafast magnetic field in H_(3)^(2+)molecules by tricircular polarized laser pulses

We present a scheme to control the generated ultrafast magnetic field in H_(3)^(2+)molecules using multi-frequency tricircular pulses composed of co-and counter-rotating bicircular pulses.Simulations show that the field amplitude and the wavelength are two significant factors for magnetic field generation by tricircular pulses.Specifically,the strength of the magnetic field is linearly related to the field amplitude atλ_(0)=50 nm,while atλ_(0)=70 nm,the strength first increases and then decreases with the amplitude,this can be attributed to the resonance between the ground and excited states.Moreover,the phase and helicity of bicircular pulses are shown to have important effects on the magnetic field.The dependence of the magnetic field on the phase arises from the interference effect between multiple ionization pathways.These findings illustrate a guiding principle for controlling the magnetic field in molecular systems for future research in ultrafast magneto-optics.

Generation of elliptical isolated attosecond pulse from oriented H_(2)^(+)in a linearly polarized laser field

We investigate the ellipticity of the high-order harmonic generation from the oriented H_(2)^(+)exposed to a linearly polarized laser field by numerically solving the two-dimensional time-dependent Schrodinger equation(2 D TDSE).Numerical simulations show that the harmonic ellipticity is remarkably sensitive to the alignment angle.The harmonic spectrum is highly elliptically polarized at a specific alignment angleθ=30°,which is insensitive to the variation of the laser parameters.The position of the harmonic intensity minima indicates the high ellipticity,which can be attributed to the two-center interference effect.The high ellipticity can be explained by the phase difference of the harmonics.This result facilitates the synthesis of a highly elliptical isolated attosecond pulse with duration down to 65 as,which can be served as a powerful tool to explore the ultrafast dynamics of molecules and study chiral light-matter interaction.

Exploration of magnetic field generation of H_(3)^(2+)by direct ionization and coherent resonant excitation

Coherent electronic dynamics are of great significance in photo-induced processes and molecular magnetism.We theoretically investigate electronic dynamics of triatomic molecule H_(3)^(2+) by circularly polarized pulses,including electron density distributions,induced electronic currents,and ultrafast magnetic field generation.By comparing the results of the coherent resonant excitation and direct ionization,we found that for the coherent resonant excitation,the electron is localized and the coherent electron wave packet moves periodically between three protons,which can be attributed to the coherent superposition of the ground A′state and excited E+state.Whereas,for the direct single-photon ionization,the induced electronic currents mainly come from the free electron in the continuum state.It is found that there are differences in the intensity,phase,and frequency of the induced current and the generated magnetic field.The scheme allows one to control the induced electronic current and the ultrafast magnetic field generation.

Photoelectron momentum distributions of Ne and Xe dimers in counter-rotating circularly polarized laser fields

The strong-field ionization of dimers is investigated theoretically in counter-rotating circularly polarized laser fields.By numerically solving the two-dimensional(2D)time-dependent Schrödinger equation(TDSE)with the single-electron approximation(SEA)frame,we present the photoelectron momentum distributions(PMDs)and photoelectron angular distribution(PADs)of aligned Ne and Xe dimers.It is found that the PMDs and PADs strongly depend on the time delays by counter-rotating circularly polarized laser pulses.The results can be explained by the ultrafast photoionization model and the evolution of electron wave packets for Ne and Xe dimers.Besides,We make a comparison of PMDs between Ne atom and Ne dimer.

Relative phase effect of nonsequential double ionization in Ar by two-color elliptically polarized laser field

We investigated the nonsequential double ionization(NSDI)in Ar by two-color elliptically polarized laser field with a three-dimensional(3D)classical ensemble method.We study the relative phase effect of NSDI and distinguish two particular recollision channels in NSDI,which are recollision–impact ionization(RII)and recollision-induced excitation with subsequent ionization(RESI),according to the delay-time between the recollision and the final double ionization.The numerical results indicate that the ion momentum distribution is changed and the triangle structure is more obvious with the decrease of the relative phase.We also demonstrate that the RESI process always dominates in the whole double ionization process and the ratio of RESI and RII channels can be influenced by the relative phase.

Exploration of strong-field double ionization of C_(3)H_(6) with the structures of propene and cyclopropane in intense laser fields

By using classical ensemble method,we investigate the double ionization of C_(3)H_(6) molecule with different structures(propene and cyclopropane)in intense laser fields.The numerical results show that the non-sequential double ionization occurs in propene molecule rather than cyclopropane molecule in 1200 nm laser field.To further explain this interesting phenomenon,the momentum distribution of double ionized electrons is presented and the result presents the"finger-like"structure at about 30 TW/cm^(2) of propene molecule,and this structure is more obvious than that in cyclopropane molecule.The above phenomena are also demonstrated by analysing the energy distributions of double-ionized electrons versus time.Moreover,we also investigated the angular distribution at the end of pulse,which is different between propene and cyclopropane.