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Multielectron interference of intraband harmonics in solids

Optics 2020-01-01 v1

Abstract

High harmonic generation in solids provides us compact and coherent UV sources. Our simulations illustrate abnormal harmonic yield dependence on the intensity of driving or pre-excitation pulses. A multielectron interference model is proposed to reveal the mechanism of the extreme nonlinear optical phenomena. We find that the kk-resolved intraband harmonic demonstrates different symmetry, phase, and amplitude, which can be observed by using a resonant pre-excitation pulse. The position of the interference minimum obtained by solving the semiconductor Bloch equations agrees well with that obtained by our kk-resolved semiclassical model. This interference model can help us probe the kk-resloved band structure and optimize the ultrafast electron-hole dynamics for solid harmonic processes.

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@article{arxiv.1909.02174,
  title  = {Multielectron interference of intraband harmonics in solids},
  author = {Ling-Jie Lü and Xue-Bin Bian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.02174},
  year   = {2020}
}
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