Title :
High-order harmonics of bichromatic counter-rotating elliptically-polarized drivers: Fully controlled polarization state and novel selection rules
Author :
Fleischer, Avner ; Sidorenko, Pavel ; Cohen, Oren
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We show, theoretically and experimentally, that the polarization of high-order harmonics driven by counter-rotating elliptically-polarized bichromatic lasers are completely controllable: from linear through elliptic to circular polarization. New selection rules are observed.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical control; optical harmonic generation; optical polarisers; optical rotation; counter-rotating elliptically-polarized bichromatic lasers; high-order harmonic polarization; optical control; Harmonic analysis; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Polarization; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
