Spectroscopy of atomic orbital sizes using bi-elliptical high-order harmonic generation

Eliyahu Bordo, Ofer Neufeld, Ofer Kfir, Avner Fleischer, Oren Cohen

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Abstract

We report that high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of atoms driven by ω-2ω bi-elliptical pumps exhibits a substantial sensitivity to variation of the spatial extent of the participating valence orbitals and effective potential. We identify the physical mechanisms responsible for this enhanced sensitivity through theoretical investigations in atomic He, Ne, Ar, and Kr systems using several quantum models. We demonstrate this size sensitivity experimentally by measuring significant disparities in the bi-elliptical HHG spectra of atomic Ar and Kr, which have relatively similar ionization potentials, but substantially different p-shell sizes and effective potentials. This result may be useful for ultrafast spectroscopy which is sensitive to effective potentials and orbitals.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043419
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume100
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Oct 2019

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Union's Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme752533
Wolfson Foundation
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Israel Science Foundation1781/18

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