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Static-electric-field-induced polarization effects in harmonic generation

Borca1, Flegel, Frolov

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0111, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|September 16, 2000
PubMed
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Static electric fields induce unique harmonic generation effects: dichroism in elliptically polarized fields and elliptical polarization from linear fields. These phenomena arise from nonlinear atomic susceptibility interference.

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Area of Science:

  • Atomic physics
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Quantum optics

Background:

  • Harmonic generation is a key process in nonlinear optics.
  • Understanding field-induced effects is crucial for controlling light-matter interactions.
  • Static electric fields can influence quantum phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analytically and numerically demonstrate static-electric-field-induced effects on harmonic generation.
  • To investigate elliptic dichroism in harmonic generation.
  • To explore the elliptical polarization of harmonics produced by linearly polarized fields.

Main Methods:

  • Analytical derivations of field-induced effects.
  • Numerical simulations of harmonic generation.
  • Analysis of nonlinear atomic susceptibilities.

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Main Results:

  • Demonstration of elliptic dichroism in harmonic generation.
  • Observation of elliptical polarization of harmonics from linearly polarized driving fields.
  • Identification of interference between real and imaginary parts of nonlinear atomic susceptibilities as the underlying mechanism.

Conclusions:

  • Static electric fields can induce observable effects on harmonic generation.
  • Elliptic dichroism and elliptical polarization of harmonics are experimentally measurable phenomena.
  • These findings offer new avenues for controlling and understanding light-matter interactions in nonlinear processes.