We experimentally investigate the process of intramolecular quantum interference in high-order harmonic generation in impulsively aligned CO2 molecules. The recombination interference effect is clearly seen through the order dependence of the harmonic yield in an aligned sample. The experimental results can be well modeled assuming that the effective de Broglie wavelength of the returning electron wave is not significantly altered by the Coulomb field of the molecular ion. We demonstrate that such interference effects can be effectively controlled by changing the ellipticity of the driving laser field.

Controlling two-center interference in molecular high harmonic generation / C., Vozzi; F., Calegari; E., Benedetti; J. P., Caumes; G., Sansone; S., Stagira; M., Nisoli; R., Torres; E., Heesel; N., Kajumba; J. P., Marangos; Altucci, Carlo; Velotta, Raffaele. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - ELETTRONICO. - 95:(2005), pp. 153902-1-153902-5. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.153902]

Controlling two-center interference in molecular high harmonic generation.

ALTUCCI, CARLO;VELOTTA, RAFFAELE
2005

Abstract

We experimentally investigate the process of intramolecular quantum interference in high-order harmonic generation in impulsively aligned CO2 molecules. The recombination interference effect is clearly seen through the order dependence of the harmonic yield in an aligned sample. The experimental results can be well modeled assuming that the effective de Broglie wavelength of the returning electron wave is not significantly altered by the Coulomb field of the molecular ion. We demonstrate that such interference effects can be effectively controlled by changing the ellipticity of the driving laser field.
2005
Controlling two-center interference in molecular high harmonic generation / C., Vozzi; F., Calegari; E., Benedetti; J. P., Caumes; G., Sansone; S., Stagira; M., Nisoli; R., Torres; E., Heesel; N., Kajumba; J. P., Marangos; Altucci, Carlo; Velotta, Raffaele. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - ELETTRONICO. - 95:(2005), pp. 153902-1-153902-5. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.153902]
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