• DocumentCode
    499689
  • Title

    Elliptically polarized high harmonic emission from molecules driven by linearly polarized light

  • Author

    Zhou, Xibin ; Lock, Robynne ; Wagner, Nicholas ; Li, Wen ; Kapteyn, Henry C. ; Murnane, Margaret M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We perform an accurate polarimetry measurement of high harmonic emission from aligned molecules. Surprisingly, we find that harmonic emission from N2 molecules can be strongly elliptically polarized even when driven by linearly polarized laser fields.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; light polarisation; molecule-photon collisions; nitrogen; optical harmonic generation; polarimetry; elliptical polarization; harmonic emission; high-order harmonic generation; laser field; linearly polarized light; nitrogen molecule; polarimetry measurement; Data mining; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gold; Mirrors; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Performance evaluation; Polarimetry; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; (320.7120) Ultrafast phenomena; (320.7150) Ultrafast spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225005
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=499689