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Molecular Orbital Tomography Based on High-Order Harmonic Generation: Principles and Perspectives

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High-order harmonic generation is a nonlinear effect appearing when atoms or molecules are exposed to intense laser pulses. It consists in the emission of ultrashort bursts of extreme ultraviolet and soft X radiation, giving rise to harmonics in the spectral domain. This emission encodes a wealth of information about the intimate structure of the targeted species, allowing the reconstruction of the outermost distribution of electrons. We will review here the most important aspects of high-order harmonic generation and we will show how this process can be applied to the reconstruction of molecular orbitals. A critical analysis will illustrate benefits, weaknesses and perspectives of this technique.

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We acknowledge support from the European Research Council Starting Research Grant UDYNI (grant agreement n. 307964), from Laserlab-Europe (EU-H2020 654148), from the Italian Ministry of Research and Education (ELI project—ESFRI Roadmap), from Regione Lombardia through the project FEMTOTERA (ID: CONCERT2014-008) and from Fondazione Cariplo through the project GREENS (n. 2013-0656).

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    Anna Gabriella Ciriolo, Prabhash Prasannan Geetha, Aditya Pusala & Salvatore Stagira

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    Michele Devetta, Davide Faccialà, Prabhash Prasannan Geetha, Caterina Vozzi & Salvatore Stagira

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Ciriolo, A.G. et al. (2018). Molecular Orbital Tomography Based on High-Order Harmonic Generation: Principles and Perspectives. In: Ossi, P. (eds) Advances in the Application of Lasers in Materials Science. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 274. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96845-2_7

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