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纳米尺度高次谐波产生中的相位匹配效应

Phase matching effects in high harmonic generation at the nanometer scale

Manuel Blanco, Carlos Hernández-García, Alexis Chacón, Maciej Lewenstein, M. Teresa Flores-Arias, Luis Plaja

摘要:

已知等离子体共振放大金属纳米结构附近的电磁场。因此,他们被认为是一个有前途的计划,以产生极紫外谐波,使用低功率驱动。在高次谐波产生(HHG)期间,驱动场和谐波场在它们传播通过目标时积累相位差。在一个典型的设置中-激光聚焦到气体射流或细胞中-传播距离相当于几个波长,并且累积的相位失配强烈影响谐波发射的效率和特性。相比之下,金属纳米结构中的HHG被认为可以克服这种限制,因为相位失配的常见来源-光密度和聚焦几何形状-对于亚波长传播距离可以忽略不计。然而,在这封信中,我们证明了相位匹配仍然发挥了相关的作用,在高次谐波从纳米结构。我们的计算将此归因于HHG的非微扰特性,其将谐波的相位与驱动场的强度分布联系起来。我们还表明,广泛使用的相位匹配控制的应用,如量子路径选择和阿秒脉冲产生的对比度的增加,也是可行的,在纳米尺度。

英文摘要:

Plasmon resonances are known to amplify the electromagnetic fields near metallic nanostructures. Therefore, they are considered to provide a promising scheme to generate extreme-ultraviolet harmonics, using low power drivings. During high-order harmonic generation (HHG), the driving and harmonic fields accumulate a phase difference as they propagate through the target. In a typical set-up -a laser focused into a gas jet or cell- the propagation distances amount to several wavelengths, and the cumulative phase-mismatch affects strongly the efficiency and properties of the harmonic emission. In contrast, HHG in metallic nanostructures is considered to overcome this limitations, as the common sources of phase mismatch -optical density and focusing geometry- are negligible for subwavelength propagation distances. Nevertheless, in this letter we demonstrate that phase matching still plays a relevant role in HHG from nanostructures. Our computations attribute this to the non-perturbative character of HHG, that links the phase of the harmonics to the intensity distribution of the driving field. We also show that widely used applications of phase matching control, such as quantum path selection and the increase of contrast in attosecond pulse generation, are also feasible at the nanoscale.

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