Modeling femtosecond laser-induced electron dynamics in dielectrics by means of optical bloch equations
Paper in proceeding, 2019

Modern laser technologies provide high-intensity single- or few-cycle laser pulses which open new doors to study laser-matter interaction processes. To predict new routes towards their active control, advanced theoretical and numerical models are required. When approaching the highly non-linear interaction regimes close to the material damage threshold, the traditional perturbation expansion of the polarization response is not valid anymore and a quantum-mechanical modeling is essential [1-4]. A good candidate to model the electron dynamics within this framework is the Optical Bloch Equations (OBEs) approach, which provides all-order material response within a single self-consistent description. We develop a new OBEs-based model of laser matter-interaction including field-induced ionization, both linear and nonlinear polarization responses leading to high harmonics, impact ionization and various relaxation processes taking place in dielectric materials. Here, we apply our model to describe the electron dynamics induced by an intense femtosecond laser pulse in a dielectric.

solids

Harmonic generation

Carrier-envelope phase

Author

E. Smetanina

University of Gothenburg

University of Bordeaux

P. Gonzalez De Alaiza Martinez

University of Bordeaux

Illia Thiele

University of Bordeaux

Chalmers, Physics, Subatomic and Plasma Physics

B. Chimier

University of Bordeaux

Antoine Bourgeade

University of Bordeaux

G. Duchateau

University of Bordeaux

2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019

8873202
978-172810469-0 (ISBN)

2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
Munich, Germany,

Subject Categories

Applied Mechanics

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Other Physics Topics

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8873202

ISBN

9781557528209

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