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Since the beginning of nonlinear optics it has been thought that a system with inversion symmetry cannot radiate even-order harmonics of the incident laser light. The purpose of this paper is to show that this is not always true. In fact, emission of even harmonics from a system with inversion symmetry will be typical for the interaction with intense ultrashort laser pulses.
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Ivanov, M.Y., Corkum, P.B. (1993). Symmetry Breaking and the Control of Harmonics with Strong Short Laser Pulses. In: Piraux, B., L’Huillier, A., Rzążewski, K. (eds) Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics. NATO ASI Series, vol 316. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7963-2_7
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