Analytic formulae for high harmonic generation

Authors

M. V. Frolov, Voronezh State University, Russia
N. L. Manakov, Voronezh State UniversityFollow
T. S. Sarantseva, Voronezh State University, Russia
Anthony F. Starace, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1-21-2009

Comments

Published in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 42 (2009) 035601 (6pp) doi:10.1088/0953-4075/42/3/035601 Copyright © 2009 IOP Publishing. Used by permission. http://stacks.iop.org/JPhysB/42/035601

Abstract

Analytic formulae describing harmonic generation by a weakly bound electron are derived quantum mechanically in the tunneling limit. The formulae confirm the classical three-step model and provide an analytic explanation for oscillatory structures on the harmonic generation plateau.