High-order harmonic generation of the cyclo[18]carbon molecule irradiated by circularly polarized laser pulse

High-order harmonic generation of the cyclo[18]carbon (C₁₈) molecule under few-cycle circularly polarized laser pulse is studied by time-dependent density functional theory. Compared with the harmonic emission of the ring molecule C₆ H₆ having similar ionization potential, the C₁₈ molecule has higher efficiency and cutoff energy than C₆ H₆ with the same laser field parameters. Further researches indicate that the harmonic efficiency and cutoff energy of the C₁₈ molecule increase gradually with the increase of the laser intensity of the driving laser or decrease of the wavelength, both are larger than those of the C₆ H₆ molecule. Through the analysis of the time-dependent evolution of the electronic wave packets, it is also found that the higher efficiency of harmonic generation can be attributed to the larger spatial scale of the C₁₈ molecule, which leads to a greater chance for the ionized electrons from one atom to recombine with others of the parent molecule. Selecting the suitable driving laser pulse, it is demonstrated that high-order harmonic generation in the C₁₈ molecule has a wide range of applications in producing circularly polarized isolated attosecond pulse.     

晶体环境下高次谐波谱的截止频率分析

通过数值求解中红外飞秒光脉冲与一维单电子多阱势相互作用的含时薛定谔方程, 研究了晶体环境下的高次谐波发射光谱, 发现了晶体谐波谱的截止位置公式.研究发现, 不同于气体环境下的谐波谱截止频率规律, 晶体谐波谱的截止频率与激光电场的峰值振幅及晶格参数成线性关系. 鉴于准经典力学的三步模型对于气体谐波截止频率的解释, 进一步采用准经典力学方法验证了晶体谐波截止位置规律的正确性. 关键词： 中红外飞秒光脉冲 晶体 高次谐波 截止频率     

双色激光脉冲辐照下38 as孤立短脉冲的产生

通过数值求解一维含时薛定谔方程, 本文研究了具有特定波长的双色激光脉冲与氦原子相互作用产生的高次谐波和阿秒脉冲, 这里双色激光脉冲由5 fs较低强度基频钛宝石主脉冲与另一束较高强度的1330 nm 红外附加脉冲构成. 研究发现, 若两束脉冲之间的相对相位选择合适, 可以获得宽带连续辐射的高次谐波谱, 叠加该连续辐射谱可获得脉宽为38 as的孤立短脉冲. 进一步研究发现, 不同于以往孤立阿秒脉冲研究中选出长、短量子路径之一作为辐射源, 这里单阿秒脉冲来源于长、短两个量子路径的贡献, 只是这两个量子路径在很宽的谐波次数变化范围内辐射时刻比较集中. 关键词： 双色激光脉冲 阿秒脉冲 量子路径     

原子势对阈上电离平台的影响

本文从理论上分别研究了长程和短程原子势对阈上电离光电子谱平台结构的影响. 发现在相当大的激光参数范围内, 长程势的阈上电离谱总是呈现出清晰的双平台结构; 对于短程势, 阈上电离谱双平台的界限不再清晰, 随着入射激光强度的减小, 逐渐从双平台过渡到单平台. 基于经典分析和量子力学数值模拟, 阐明了在不同模型势下, 电离速率的差别和再散射电子弹性碰撞截面的不同导致了上述平台结构的差异．此外, 还讨论了激光脉冲空间强度分布对这一现象的影响. 关键词： 阈上电离 离子势影响 中红外激光脉冲     

Interpulse interference of electron emission from an atom irradiated by sinusoidally phase-modulated pulse

We theoretically investigate the photoelectron emission from an atom irradiated by an amplitude modulated sinusoidally phase-modulated pulse through solving the time-dependent Schr¨odinger equation in the momentum space. By controlling the phase amplitude of the pulse in the frequency domain, it can be found that the photoelectron spectra appear as explicit interference phenomena, which originated from the interference between the directly ionized electron and the ionization of the pre-excited atom from different subpulses.     

Amplitude and rotation of the ellipticity of harmonicsfrom a linearly polarized laser field

We simulate the dynamic response of H₂⁺ in a linearly polarized laser field by numerically solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The elliptically polarized high-order harmonics generated by H₂⁺ irradiated by the linearly polarized laser field are systematically investigated. The result shows that the amplitude and rotation of the ellipticity of harmonics are affected by the alignment angle and internuclear distance of the molecule. Analyzing the change in forces acted on the ionized electrons and the trajectories of the electrons, the phenomena are found to be due to the change in the direction of the total Coulomb forces from the two nuclei felt by the recollided ionized electrons in the direction perpendicular to the laser polarization direction. Based on the influence law, we can select the harmonics with a specific frequency band under different alignment angles and then synthesize the isolated attosecond pulses with different rotations, which can be continuously converted from right-handed circular polarization, linear polarization, and left-handed circular polarization by changing the alignment angle. This study provides a new possible approach to the real-time detection of molecular states by using attosecond pulses and obtaining more optimized harmonics with molecular properties.     

高频激光脉冲作用下原子的光子和光电子发射

通过数值求解含时薛定谔方程, 研究了原子在高频激光作用下的电离概率、光电子谱和谐波发射谱. 研究发现, 随着入射激光强度的增加, 原子的电离概率逐渐增加, 达到最大后下降, 其光电子发射谱和高次谐波发射谱均由单峰结构变成多峰. 而通过对谐波发射谱的时间-频率分析发现, 在电离抑制区域, 脉冲的峰值附近谐波受到抑制, 谐波发射主要发生在上升沿和下降沿, 二者的干涉效应产生了谐波的多峰值结构. 利用光电子发射谱和谐波发射谱随入射激光强度的改变规律, 可以实现对引起原子电离抑制的激光强度进行诊断.     

广义Floquet理论下分子的持续过场取向

本文运用广义Floquet方法找到了一组分子转动态的特殊相干叠加态,从该态出发,分子的过场取向可被延续任意长的时间;运用双重复周期的外场,我们在外场脉冲时间间隔较大的不利情况下提高了分子取向程度,并且分析了Floquet方法下分子取向的优点及获得高程度取向的机制.     

不同维度模型原子隧穿电离研究

本文数值求解一维和二维模型原子在强激光场作用下含时Schr??dinger方程,研究了在隧穿电离区相同基态能量和相同峰值场强条件下二者的电离速率,发现一维模型计算得到的电离速率比二维的结果大很多.产生该电离速率差别的原因是不同维度下束缚电子所需隧穿的含时势垒的不同.     

高次谐波发射中的超拉曼发射

本文研究了单电子分子离子与强激光场相互作用下的高次谐波发射谱。从光谱中观察到除了存在入射激光频率奇数倍的谐波谱线外,还存在其他频率的超拉曼谱线。在理论上阐明了超拉曼谱线不同于高次谐波谱线的物理产生机制。研究发现当体系初态为基态和较高激发态的叠加态时能够较清晰的观察到超拉曼谱线,从而说明激发态电子的布居对超拉曼谱线的产生起着关键作用。因此在实验上,制备一个叠加态使得电子从激发态电离,是观察到超拉曼谱线的重要条件。