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Phys. Rev. E 64, 026405 (2001) [5 pages]

Harmonics generation in electron-ion collisions in a short laser pulse

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H. Haberland
Institut für Physik, Universität Greifswald, Domstraße 10a, 17487 Greifswald, Germany

M. Bonitz and D. Kremp
Fachbereich Physik, Universität Rostock, Universitätsplatz 3, D-18051 Rostock, Germany

Received 30 March 2001; published 18 July 2001

Anomalously high generation efficiency of coherent higher field harmonics in collisions between oppositely charged particles in the field of femtosecond lasers is predicted. This is based on rigorous numerical solutions of a quantum kinetic equation for dense laser plasmas that overcomes limitations of previous investigations.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.026405
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.64.026405
PACS:
52.25.Dg, 05.30.-d, 52.38.-r