ABSTRACT

HHG is a nonlinear optical process that converts light of one

frequency, called the fundamental or driving, into light at integer

multiples of that fundamental frequency, called the harmonics. The

observation of harmonics can be considered as having two parts:

their generation at the single atom level and their propagation to

coherently build up a macroscopic signal over a number of emitters.

Below, we consider both low-order and high-order harmonic

generation [1].