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Improved Lewenstein model for high-order harmonic generation of atoms and molecules with scattering wavefunctions

2007/07/27 by Anh-Thu Le, Le, Anh-Thu, Tōru Morishita +3
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0707.4192

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Abstract

We demonstrate a simple method to improve the Lewenstein model for the description of high-order harmonic generation (HHG). It is shown that HHG spectra can be expressed as the product of a returning electron wave packet and the photo-recombination cross sections, where the former can be extracted from the Lewenstein model. By replacing plane waves with scattering waves in the calculation of recombination matrix elements, we showed that the resulting HHG spectra agree well with those from solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The improved model can be used for quantitative calculations of high harmonics generated by molecules.

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