High-order harmonic generation in graphene: nonlinear coupling of intra and interband transitions
Abstract
We investigate high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in graphene with a quantum master equation approach. The simulations reproduce the observed enhancement in HHG in graphene under elliptically polarized light [N. Yoshikawa et al, Science 356, 736 (2017)]. On the basis of a microscopic decomposition of the emitted high-order harmonics, we find that the enhancement in HHG originates from an intricate nonlinear coupling between the intraband and interband transitions that are respectively induced by perpendicular electric field components of the elliptically polarized light. Furthermore, we reveal that contributions from different excitation channels destructively interfere with each other. This finding suggests a path to potentially enhance the HHG by blocking a part of the channels and canceling the destructive interference through band-gap or chemical potential manipulation.
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@article{arxiv.2010.06275,
title = {High-order harmonic generation in graphene: nonlinear coupling of intra and interband transitions},
author = {Shunsuke A. Sato and Hideki Hirori and Yasuyuki Sanari and Yoshihiko Kanemitsu and Angel Rubio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.06275},
year = {2021}
}