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High Harmonic Generation from Aligned Molecules

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Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VII

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The recent progress in the study of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) from aligned molecules at SIOM is reviewed. We identify the laser intensity dependence of HHG from aligned CO2 molecules. The modulation inversion of harmonic yield with respect to molecular alignment can be altered dramatically by fine tuning the intensity of driving laser pulse for harmonic generation. The angular distribution of harmonic intensities is measured, and the results can be modeled by employing the strong-field approximation including ground state depletion factor. For improving the alignment degree of molecules, we present an active control scheme – the rule of slope – to either enhance or suppress the molecular alignment by the first laser pulse. The underlying physics has been revealed both numerically and analytically.

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We acknowledge the support from National Natural Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 10734080, 60578049, 10523003 and 60978012), 973 National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806000) and Shanghai Commission of Science and Technology (Grant Nos. 06DZ22015, 0652nm005 and 07pj14091).

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    Ruxin Li, Peng Liu, Pengfei Wei, Yuexun Li, Shitong Zhao, Zhinan Zeng & Zhizhan Xu

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  1. Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

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  2. Department of Physics, University of Crete, 2208, 71003, Heraklion, Greece

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Li, R. et al. (2011). High Harmonic Generation from Aligned Molecules. In: Yamanouchi, K., Charalambidis, D., Normand, D. (eds) Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VII. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18327-0_6

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