One-dimensional model potentials optimized for the calculation of the HHG spectrum

Abstract

Based on the favourable properties of previously used one-dimensional (1D) atomic model potentials, we introduce a novel 1D atomic model potential for the 1D simulation of the quantum dynamics of a single active electron atom driven by a strong, linearly polarized near-infrared laser pulse. By comparing numerical simulation results of typical strong-field physics scenarios in 1D and 3D, we show that this novel 1D model potential gives single atom HHG spectra with impressively increased accuracy for the most frequently used driving laser pulse parameters.