Influence of intensity ratio of the two driving laser fields on the cutoff of the high-order harmonics

Abstract

We investigate the high-order harmonic generation (HHG) of the helium atom at the various intensity ratios of the counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized laser fields. The results show that the cutoff energy of the harmonic spectra can be affected by changing the intensity ratios. By comparing the results from different intensity ratios, we find that the distances the electrons travel are short when the intensity ratio is increased. The dependence of the cutoff position in the HHG on the intensity ratios usually results from the classical trajectories of the electrons. As the intensity ratio increases, the electrons cannot be accelerated and it will gain less energy. As a result, the harmonic spectra are cut off at the lower energy. We compare the quantum and classical trajectories results to illustrate the reasons of the cut off dependence.