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We numerically solved the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE) for a hydrogen atom interacting with intense near-infrared laser fields to investigate the mechanism of below-threshold high-harmonic generation (HHG). The primary focus was on understanding the spectral features, particularly resonant structures, arising in the fifth harmonic region under specific driving conditions. Our simulations utilized a laser wavelength of 608 nm. At this wavelength, hydrogen atoms can resonantly absorb five photons, promoting electrons from the ground stateWe numerically solved the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE) for a hydrogen atom interacting with intense near-infrared laser fields to investigate the mechanism of below-threshold high-harmonic generation (HHG). The primary focus was on understanding the spectral features, particularly resonant structures, arising in the fifth harmonic region under specific driving conditions. Our simulations utilized a laser wavelength of 608 nm. At this wavelength, hydrogen atoms can resonantly absorb five photons, promoting electrons from the ground state $\left|1{\mathrm{s}}\right\rangle$ to the excited state $\left|2{\mathrm{p}}\right\rangle$. Concurrently, the atom can absorb additional photons leading to ionization. Crucially, due to the AC Stark shift induced by the intense laser field (laser dressing), some laser-dressed continuum states $\left|{\mathrm{c}}\right\rangle$ become energetically degenerate with the laser-dressed $\left|2{\mathrm{p}}\right\rangle$ state. High-harmonic radiation at the fifth harmonic frequency can then be emitted via two distinct quantum paths: 1) Bound-bound recombination: Direct recombination from the laser-dressed $\left|2{\mathrm{p}}\right\rangle$ state back to the ground state $\left|1{\mathrm{s}}\right\rangle$. 2) Continuum-bound recombination: recombination from the laser-dressed continuum states $\left|{\mathrm{c}}\right\rangle$ (reached via ionization) back to $\left|1{\mathrm{s}}\right\rangle$. Both pathways emit photons of identical energy corresponding to the fifth harmonic. Our important finding is that there is significant quantum interference between these two recombination channels. This interference is manifested in the spectrum as an asymmetric Fano lineshape of the fifth harmonic intensity profile. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the shape of this Fano resonance exhibits strong and controllable dependence on the intensity of the driving laser field. This study provides clear evidence that Fano quantum interference, typically associated with multi-electron correlations or autoionizing states in complex systems, can emerge in the fundamental single-electron hydrogen atom system under the condition of intense laser field. The interference arises directly from the coherent superposition of the bound-bound and continuum-bound recombination pathways caused by laser-induced degeneracy. Importantly, by adjusting the laser intensity the spectral profile of the Fano resonance can be actively manipulated, providing a novel method for coherently controlling the harmonic emission in simple atomic systems.
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Keywords:
- hydrogen atom /
- intense laser field /
- below-threshold high-harmonic generation /
- Fano resonance
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图 1 (a)计算得到的高次谐波谱, 虚线标记了阈上和阈下谐波能量的分界点; (b)图(a)中第5次谐波的局部放大图. 激光波长为608 nm, 强度为5 × 1012 W·cm–2
Figure 1. (a) Calculated high-harmonic spectrum, the dashed line marks the boundary between above-threshold and below-threshold harmonic energies; (b) partial enlarged view of the fifth harmonic in panel (a). The laser wavelength is 608 nm with an intensity of 5 × 1012 W·cm–2.
图 2 随时间演化的态概率. 左轴为基态$ \left |1 {\mathrm{s}} \right \rangle $, 右轴为激发态$ \left | 2 {\mathrm{p}} \right \rangle $与连续态$ \left | {\mathrm{c}} \right \rangle $的概率分布
Figure 2. Time evolution of state probabilities. The left axis corresponds to the ground state $ \left |1 {\mathrm{s}} \right \rangle $, and the right axis shows the probabilities of the excited state $ \left | 2{\mathrm{ p }}\right \rangle $ and continuum state $ \left | {\mathrm{c}} \right \rangle $.
图 3 (a)归一化的第5次谐波强度随激光强度变化的谱图, 激光强度从1012 W·cm–2扫描至2 × 1013 W·cm–2; (b)对应三种典型强度下的谱线形; (c)使用简化二能级模型所得结果, 仅包含$ \left | 1 {\mathrm{s}} \right \rangle \rightarrow \left | 2 {\mathrm{p}} \right \rangle $偶极路径
Figure 3. (a) Spectral map of normalized fifth harmonic intensity versus laser intensity scanned from 1012 W·cm–2 to 2 × 1013 W·cm–2; (b) spectral line shapes at three representative intensities; (c) results obtained using a simplified two-level model considering only the dipole $ \left | 1 {\mathrm{s }}\right \rangle \rightarrow \left | 2 {\mathrm{p}} \right \rangle $ transition pathway.
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[1] Fano U 1961 Phys. Rev. 124 1866
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