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Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3535–3538 (1992)

High-order harmonic generation from atoms and ions in the high intensity regime

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Jeffrey L. Krause, Kenneth J. Schafer, and Kenneth C. Kulander
Department of Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550

Received 6 March 1992; published in the issue dated 15 June 1992

We present calculated optical harmonic spectra for atoms and ions in the high intensity regime to current short-pulse experiments. We find that ions can produce harmonics comparable in strength to those obtained from neutrals, and that the emission extends to much higher order. Simple scaling laws for the strength of the harmonic emission and the maximum observable harmonic are suggested. These results imply that the photoemission observed in recent experiments in helium and neon contains contributions from ions as well as neutrals.

© 1992 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3535
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3535
PACS:
42.50.Hz, 32.80.Rm, 42.65.Ky