Study of high-order harmonic generation in xenon based on time-dependent density-functional theory
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- 22 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in New Journal of Physics
- Vol. 23 (4), 043014
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abe8a9
Abstract
The high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in xenon is studied by using the time-dependent density-functional theory. The dynamics of all electrons on the outer 4th and 5th atomic shells is considered with subsequent separation of contributions of different atomic orbitals to the HHG amplitude. It is shown that giant enhancement of HHG yield in a spectral region near 100 eV is caused by perturbation of the electron-electron interaction potential induced by recolliding photoelectron wavepacket originated from the 5p0 orbital. This perturbation leads to the collective oscillations of all orbitals on the 4th shell closely localized in space and strongly interacting with each other. The resulting HHG yield is enhanced by more than an order of magnitude compared with the response of the single 5p0 orbital. The high accuracy of the numerical results is confirmed by comparing the calculated HHG spectra and photoionization cross-sections with experimental results and an analytical parameterization of the HHG yield.Keywords
Funding Information
- Russian Science Foundation (20-11-20289)
- Foundation for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics ‘BASIS’ (19-1-2-52-1)
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research (20-32-7021)
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