Static-Electric-Field-Induced Polarization Effects in Harmonic Generation

Authors

Bogdan Borca, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
A.V. Flegel, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
M.V. Frolov, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia
N. L. Manakov, Voronezh State UniversityFollow
Dejan B. Milosevic, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Anthony F. Starace, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

7-24-2000

Comments

Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. Letters 85, 732 (2000). http://prl.aps.org. Copyright © 2000 American Physical Society. Permission to use.

Abstract

Two static-electric-field-induced effects on harmonic generation are demonstrated analytically and numerically: elliptic dichroism (in which the harmonic yield is different for right and left elliptically polarized laser fields) and elliptical polarization of harmonics produced by linearly polarized driving laser fields. Both effects stem from interference of real and imaginary parts of the nonlinear atomic susceptibilities. Possibilities for experimentally measuring these effects are discussed.