Abstract
High-order harmonic generation (HHG) in laser fields of relativistic intensity is studied. It is shown that, owing to relativistic longitudinal displacement of the photoelectrons, significant HHG suppression occurs. Such suppression is greater for the low-frequency part of the HHG spectrum than for the high-frequency part. We propose to use a standing-wave pump instead of a traveling wave to overcome this effect and to enhance the efficiency of HHG. The efficiency of utilizing atoms in a standing wave decreases with growth in the pump intensity. However, in traveling-wave HHG the decrease in efficiency is still greater; therefore, using a standing wave allows one to obtain a HHG intensity that is essentially greater than in a traveling wave (for example, a gain factor of can be achieved when one is pumping ions with a radiation of intensity and a wavelength of 0.3 µm).
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