Generation of circularly polarized XUV and soft-x-ray high-order harmonics by homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomic molecules subject to bichromatic counter-rotating circularly polarized intense laser fields
The interaction of intense laser light with molecules and clusters
is a rapidly evolving research area. Its attraction lies in both the
underlying fundamental physics and the prospects for applications. The
interaction of intense laser light with rare-gas clusters, for instance,
leads to megaelectron volt electrons, multikiloelectron volt ions, and
bright X-ray emission. In laser-irradiated D2 clusters,
thermonuclear fusion has been achieved.