Alba de las Heras*, Julio San Román, Javier Serrano, Luis Plaja and Carlos Hernández-García,
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Circularly Polarized High-Harmonic Beams Carrying Self-Torque or Time-Dependent Orbital Angular Momentum
In the rapidly evolving field of structured light, self-torque has been recently defined as an intrinsic property of light beams carrying time-dependent orbital angular momentum. In particular, extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) beams with self-torque, exhibiting a topological charge that continuously varies on the subfemtosecond time scale, are naturally produced in high-order harmonic generation (HHG) when driven by two time-delayed intense infrared vortex beams with different topological charges. Until now, the polarization state of such EUV beams carrying self-torque has been restricted to linear states due to the drastic reduction in the harmonic up-conversion efficiency with increasing the ellipticity of the driving field. In this work, we theoretically demonstrate how to control the polarization state of EUV beams carrying self-torque, from linear to circular. The extremely high sensitivity of HHG to the properties of the driving beam allows us to propose two different driving schemes to circumvent the current limitations to manipulate the polarization state of EUV beams with self-torque. Our advanced numerical simulations are complemented with the derivation of selection rules of angular momentum conservation, which enable precise tunability over the angular momentum properties of the harmonics with self-torque. The resulting high-order harmonic emission, carrying time-dependent orbital angular momentum with a custom polarization state, can expand the applications of ultrafast light–matter interactions, particularly in areas where dichroic or chiral properties are crucial, such as magnetic materials or chiral molecules.
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