Multipolar, Polarization Shaped High Harmonic Generation by Intense Vector Beams

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.08235v1
• Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:18:40 GMT
• Title: Multipolar, Polarization Shaped High Harmonic Generation by Intense Vector Beams
• Authors: Jonas W\"atzel and Jamal Berakdar
• Abstract summary: High harmonic generation (HHG) is a manifestation of the strongly nonlinear response of matter to intense laser fields. The scheme proposed here allows a full polarization control of the emitted harmonics by only one driving laser.
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• Abstract: High harmonic generation (HHG) is a manifestation of the strongly nonlinear response of matter to intense laser fields and has, as the basis for coherent XUV sources a variety of applications. Recently, HHG from atoms in a phase and polarization structured laser was demonstrated and interpreted based on the transverse electric field component of the driving pulse. Here we point out that as dictated by Maxwell equations, such fields have a longitudinal component which in general has a fundamental influence on the charge dynamics. For instance, its interplay with the transversal field component enables endowing the emitted radiation locally with circular polarization and a defined polarity. It is shown that the time-dependent Stokes parameters defining the polarization state of HHG can be tuned by varying the waist of the driving field which in turn, changes the ratio between the longitudinal and transverse electric-field components of the driving laser. In addition, employing a multipole expansion of the produced harmonics exposes the specific multipolar character and the relation to the spatial structure of the driving field polarization states. The scheme proposed here allows a full polarization control of the emitted harmonics by only one driving laser. A tighter focusing of the driving pulse renders possible the emission of harmonics with both even and odd spatial symmetry. The underlying mechanism is due to the fundamental interplay between the transverse and longitudinal components of the laser's electromagnetic vector potential. The ratio between those components is controllable by just focusing the laser spot, pointing to an accessible tool for polarization and polarity control of the high harmonics.

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