Potential energy surfaces for electron dynamics from a model of localized Gaussian wave packets with valence-bond spin-coupling: High-harmonic generation spectra from H and He atoms
Abstract
Potential energy surfaces of electron dynamics (ePES) are constructed from a model of localized electron wave packets (eWP) with non-orthogonal valence-bond (VB) spin coupling and applied to quantum dynamics simulations of high harmonic generation (HHG) spectra of hydrogen and helium atoms induced by intense laser pulses. The dynamics of the single electron on the ePES is calculated by numerically solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The results reasonably reproduce previous studies. The dynamics of the electron wave function, dipole moment and dipole acceleration were analyzed by comparing one- and two-dimensional calculations. It was found that the main part of the wave function remains within a few Bohrs of the nuclear position, while the part of the wave function that is several orders of magnitude smaller in probability density, which escapes the laser-induced potential barrier by quantum tunneling effect, mainly contributes to the HHG.
- Publication:
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Chemical Physics
- Pub Date:
- June 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.chemphys.2023.111883
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2303.05794
- Bibcode:
- 2023CP....57011883A
- Keywords:
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- Electron dynamics;
- Valence-bond theory;
- High-harmonic generation;
- Physics - Chemical Physics
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 12 figures