Temporal and Spectral Tailoring of High-Order Harmonics

Pascal Salières; Philippe Antoine; Armelle de Bohan; Maciej Lewenstein

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5544

Temporal and Spectral Tailoring of High-Order Harmonics

Pascal Salières, Philippe Antoine, Armelle de Bohan, and Maciej Lewenstein

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5544 – Published 21 December 1998

Abstract

We demonstrate that the main features of high harmonic generation by ultrashort laser pulses can be explained in terms of the intensity dependent phase of the atomic polarization. Focusing conditions and chirped driving fields may be used to control the harmonic spectrum, while temporal compression provides a unique way to tailor the time profile.

Received 10 November 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5544

Authors & Affiliations

Pascal Salières¹, Philippe Antoine^2,*, Armelle de Bohan², and Maciej Lewenstein¹

¹CEA/DSM/DRECAM, Service des Photons, Atomes, et Molécules, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
²Laboratoire de Physique Atomique et Moléculaire, Université Catholique de Louvain, chemin du cyclotron, 2 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium