Carrier-envelope phase dependence of molecular harmonic spectral minima induced by mid-infrared laser pulses
Author(s) -
Pidong Hu,
Yueping Niu,
Yang Xiang,
Shangqing Gong,
Chengpu Liu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.23.023834
Subject(s) - carrier envelope phase , physics , laser , maxima and minima , high harmonic generation , envelope (radar) , harmonic , optics , interference (communication) , wavelength , born–oppenheimer approximation , infrared , phase (matter) , harmonic spectrum , spectral envelope , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , radar , telecommunications , channel (broadcasting) , mathematics , electrical engineering , molecule , computer science , engineering
The spectral minima in harmonic spectra of H2+ induced by mid-infrared laser pulses are numerically investigated based on two models of Born-Oppenheimer (BO) and non-Born-Oppenheimer (NBO) approximations. The simulation results show that, with the variation of the mid-infrared laser's carrier-envelope phase (CEP), the spectral minima positions (SMPs) are fixed for the BO model, while oscillate periodically for the NBO model. This can be understood by the two-center-destructive-interference theory via the detailed investigation to several physical quantities for each CEP case, such as SMPs, effective potential, internuclear separation and the electron's de Broglie wavelength at the time for interference occurring. The fittings to these quantities' CEP-dependent curves demonstrate that they follow a variation law in the form of a sine function.
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