调控空间非均匀啁啾场获得孤立阿秒脉冲

通过调节二阶啁啾参数和空间非均匀效应对高次谐波光谱进行了优化.结果表明：在长脉宽负向啁啾和负向非均匀效应组合下,谐波光谱截止能量和强度得到最佳增大,并获得X射线范围内的光谱连续区.最后,通过叠加光谱连续区上的部分谐波可获得一个脉宽仅为23 as的孤立脉冲.     

双色中红外激光场延迟及相位调控产生水窗区间光子

理论研究了双色中红外激光场时间延迟及相位对高次谐波光谱的影响.结果表明：当激光延迟为-1.0 fs,激光相位为0.2π和0时,谐波截止能量可以得到有效延伸,并且获得一个超宽水窗区间谐波连续平台区.此外,谐波光谱的延伸与控制场波长关系不大,即,在上述激光延迟和相位下,控制场波长在2300 nm到2700 nm区间时都可获得水窗区谐波光谱.最后,叠加光谱连续区的谐波可获得35 as的水窗区孤立阿秒脉冲.     

利用单光子和双光子共振电离增强He原子谐波强度

理论研究了He原子在吸收紫外光子后对高次谐波的强度的影响。结果表明：当紫外光光子能量满足He原子基态与激发态的单光子和双光子共振跃迁时,谐波强度有超过2个数量级的增强。当紫外光光子能量满足He原子基态与激发态的多光子共振跃迁时,谐波强度增强明显减弱。分析电离几率表明,单、双光子共振电离在紫外共振电离中起主要作用,因此导致谐波强度的明显增强。同时,在啁啾调频场的作用下谐波截止能量也明显延伸,可以获得一个强度较高的谐波光谱连续区。选取该谐波连续区可获得脉宽为40 as的孤立脉冲。     

利用三束中红外空间非均匀激光场产生超长平台区

数值研究了氦离子在三束中红外激光场下发射高次谐波以及阿秒脉冲的特点. 计算结果表明, 通过适当调节三束激光场的延迟时间和相位角, 不仅谐波发射的截止能量得到了延伸, 而且单一的量子路径也被选择出来对谐波发射起作用, 随后通过适当的引入空间非均匀参数,谐波截止能量得到了进一步扩展,形成了一个超长的1773eV的平台区. 并且我们发现当选择氦离子的基态和第一激发态为叠加初始态时,谐波的强度被增强了4-6个数量级. 最后, 通过叠加谐波谱上的谐波, 可获得一系列脉宽为32as左右的阿秒X射线光源. 并且这些光源的强度比氦离子基态作为初始态时增强了4-6个数量级.     

利用三束中红外空间非均匀激光场产生超长平台区

数值研究了氦离子在三束中红外激光场下发射高次谐波以及阿秒脉冲的特点. 计算结果表明, 通过适当调节三束激光场的延迟时间和相位角, 不仅谐波发射的截止能量得到了延伸, 而且单一的量子路径也被选择出来对谐波发射起作用, 随后通过适当的引入空间非均匀参数,谐波截止能量得到了进一步扩展,形成了一个超长的1773eV的平台区. 并且我们发现当选择氦离子的基态和第一激发态为叠加初始态时,谐波的强度被增强了4-6个数量级. 最后, 通过叠加谐波谱上的谐波, 可获得一系列脉宽为32as左右的阿秒X射线光源. 并且这些光源的强度比氦离子基态作为初始态时增强了4-6个数量级.     

利用三束中红外空间非均匀激光场产生超长平台

数值研究了氦离子在三束中红外激光场下发射高次谐波以及阿秒脉冲的特点.计算结果表明,通过适当调节三束激光场的延迟时间和相位角,不仅谐波发射的截止能量得到了延伸,而且单一的量子路径也被选择出来对谐波发射起作用,随后通过适当的引入空间非均匀参数,谐波截止能量得到了进一步扩展,形成了一个超长的1773 e V的平台区.并且我们发现当选择氦离子的基态和第一激发态为叠加初始态时,谐波的强度被增强了4-6个数量级.最后,通过叠加谐波谱上的谐波,可获得一系列脉宽为32 as左右的阿秒X射线光源.并且这些光源的强度比氦离子基态作为初始态时增强了4-6个数量级.     

啁啾引入时刻对H_2~+谐波光谱的影响

理论研究了长脉宽激光驱动下啁啾引入时刻对H_2~+高次谐波光谱的影响.结果表明,在长脉宽激光驱动下,H_2~+在激光前半程区域具有较高的谐波辐射效率.因此,在激光前半程引入啁啾调控可获得高强度光谱连续区.此外,在啁啾调控区域引入单极激光场可以进一步获得高能谐波连续区.最后,叠加谐波连续区的谐波,可获得39 as的孤立脉冲.     

时-空域波形优化延伸高次谐波截止能量的研究

在高次谐波发射三步模型的指导下,理论研究了三色场时-空域波形调控对谐波截止能量的影响．在时域调控下,通过改变三束激光场的强度比、相位和延迟时间获得了最佳的三色场时域波形．在该波形下,谐波截止能量得到最佳延伸．在空间调控下,在上述最佳波形的基础上选择适当的正向激光非均匀效应后,谐波截止能量得到了进一步延伸．并且,随着非均匀参数增大,谐波截止能量也可持续增大．通过分析激光波形、空间非均匀效应和谐波发射过程给出了谐波截止能量延伸的原因．并且,通过叠加部分谐波可获得脉宽为45as的单个脉冲．     

双色场驱动不对称分子产生超短X射线光源

数值研究了不对称分子He H2+在两束激光场形成的组合驱动场下发射高次谐波以及阿秒脉冲的特点.为了有效的展宽谐波的截止能量,基频场选择为5fs/800nm的啁啾激光场.计算结果表明,当啁啾参数和分子核间距分别选择为β=0.4和R=8.0a.u.时,不仅谐波波谱变得非常平滑而且其截止能量得到了有效的展宽.随后通过加入并且优化第二束控制激光场,谐波截止能量得到了进一步的展宽,形成了一个600e V的超平滑连续区.最后分别叠加280次到330次和330次到380次谐波可获得脉宽为78as的两个孤立阿秒X射线光源.     

利用非均匀正交激光选择谐波发射短量子路径

理论研究了谐波发射的量子路径在非均匀正交激光场下的调控机制.结果表明，在适当的双色激光偏振角和非均匀参数的组合下，不仅谐波截止能量有明显增大；谐波发射的短量子路径可以被单独选择出来对谐波连续区起到贡献作用.并且，该方案在长脉宽激光下依然适用.最后，利用谐波连续区可以获得脉宽在50 as的孤立阿秒脉冲.     

Generation of intense water window X-ray pulses by superposition of an initial state of the helium atom driven by a three-color field

We theoretically study the generation of high-order harmonics and attosecond pulses from the superposition of an initial state in helium atom driven by a three-color laser field. It is shown that when the initial state is chosen to be a single electronic state, due to the rapid depletion of the ground state, the efficiency of the spectral continuum will be decreased as the initial state increases. When the initial state is chosen to be the coherent superposition of the ground state and an arbitrary excited state, the efficiency of the spectral continuum can be enhanced compared to that from the single initial state. Further, with the optimization of the three-color laser beam, not only can the harmonic cutoff be extended to the water window X-ray region but also the spectral continuum is contributed by the single harmonic emission peak with the dominant short quantum path. Consequently, two combinations of the laser parameters can be found to generate the water window spectral continuum. By properly superposing some harmonics on the spectral continuum, a number of intense water window pulses with the duration of sub-35 as can be produced.     

Intensity improvement in the attosecond pulse generation with the coherent superposition initial state

We investigate the coherent superposition initial state effect and found that when the initial active electron state is prepared in the coherent superposition of the 1s and 2s states of the He⁺ ion and the chirp parameter of the fundamental field in the two-color scheme is chosen to be β=0.3$\beta =0.3$, the harmonic cutoff energy is remarkably extended and the harmonic yield is enhanced by at least 6 orders of magnitude compared with the case of the single 1s ground state with chirp-free pulse. An ultrabroad supercontinuum with a 458 eV bandwidth is formed, directly producing an intense isolated 34 as pulse.     

Ultrahigh Harmonic Generation from an Atom with Superposition of Ground State and Highly Excited States

We investigate the high-order harmonic generation from an atom prepared in a superposition of ground state and highly excited state. When the atom is irradiated by an ultrashort pulse, the cutoff position of the plateau in the harmonic spectrum is largely extended compared with the case that the atom is initially in the ground state. The physics of the extension of the high-order harmonic plateau can be interpreted by the spatial structure of the atomic initial wave packet. We can optimize the generation of high-order harmonics by substituting the excited state for a particular coherent superposition of some highly excited states to form a spatially localized excited wave packet.     

Theoretical Study of High-Order Harmonic Generation From a Coherent Superposition State in a Chirp-Free Pulse Combined with a Chirped Control Pulse

In this paper, we theoretically investigate high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from a helium atom prepared in a coherent superposition state in a two-color laser field. Numerical results show that the emission efficiency of the harmonic spectrum in a coherent superposition state is enhanced by approximately eight orders of magnitude compared with the case of the ground state. In addition, the effect of the initial population of the excited state on the HHG is presented to reveal the physical origin of the enhancement of HHG. By adjusting the laser parameters of the driving pulse, such as the chirping parameter, the relative phase, and the intensity of the driving pulse, an ultrabroad continuum with a width of 275 eV can be observed. Finally, an isolated 12-as pulse is generated after phase compensation.     

Strengthened Hyper-Raman Lines with the Coherent Superposition State

High-order harmonic generations from a one-dimensional Coulomb potential atom are calculated with the initial state prepared as a coherent superposition between its ground and first excited states. When the energy difference of the two states is small, we can choose proper laser pulse such that the first excited state can be excited only to other bound states instead of being ionized. We show that only the hyper-Raman lines are observable instead of the harmonics. The energy difference of the ground and the first excited state can be deduced from the highest peak of the hyper-Raman lines. We further show that the similar results can be obtained by using a combination of two laser pulses with different frequencies interacting with the atom initially at the ground state.     

双色激光脉冲辐照叠加态生成强的38 as孤立脉冲

采用多周期800 nm激光组合1 600 nm红外激光脉冲辐照氦离子He⁺叠加态生成强、短孤立阿秒脉冲. 结果表明,相对于800 nm单色激光辐照基态情形,截止频率由70次谐波大幅度展宽到280次谐波,且获得频宽为108 eV并由单一短量子路径贡献的连续辐射谱,叠加该连续谱210次到280次谐波获得了脉宽为38 as的强、短孤立脉冲,其强度比单色场情形提高了11个数量级. 研究进一步表明,两束激光脉冲的时间延迟从0.05π到－0.05π之间获得的孤立阿秒脉冲是最优化的,且脉冲持续时间 关键词： 组合激光脉冲 相干叠加态 阿秒脉冲     

Enhancement of High-Order Harmonic Emission and Isolated 7-as Pulse Generation with Rydberg Atoms by Using a Two-Color Laser Field

An efficient method to enhance the harmonic efficiency and generate an isolated attosecond pulse is proposed by preparing the initial state as a coherent superposition of the ground state and a Rydberg state in a two-color laser field. By numerically solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation, we found that for the superposition state with the optimal Rydberg state, not only is the harmonic efficiency enhanced significantly, but also the width of the continuous spectrum is extended. The ionization probability and the time-frequency distribution of the harmonic spectrum are also calculated to understand the physical origin of the enhancement of the harmonic spectrum. In addition, by adjusting the parameter of the laser pulse, a supercontinuum with both higher conversion efficiency and slighter modulation can be observed. As a result, an isolated 7-as pulse with a bandwidth of 495 eV can be obtained after phase compensation.